Images from the exhibition. 

Weegee (Arthur H. Fellig): "Lovers at the Movies", ca. 1940

   I really like this image as we as the viewers can see everything but the people within the image cannot, obviously in a cinema its pitch black so you cannot see the people around you what Weegee is displaying to us is what we would normally see if the lights were on. 

   Everyone else around this couple are oblivious to what they are up to, this gives the photograph a light hearted feel to it as it almost feels as if we are spying on them and being part of something mischievous. 

   The composition of the image works well as the lovers are centered so again our main focus is on them. The photograph is also a little lighter around the couple so again this draws focus onto them. Another factor that works well within this image is the fact that all the surrounding seats are empty, whereas all the other parts of the cinema displayed in the photograph are full. It is almost as if people knew what this couple would do during the film so distance themselves from them. Where the camera is placed makes the image almost look like a still from a CCTV camera, this links in with the surveillance theme of the exhibition, the image captures a large section of the cinema as supposed to just the couple. Weegee could have just photographed the two people but instead decided to include the others around them. This adds effect to the image as it puts the couple into context, the face that we can see everyone else and no one else is doing the same as the re iterates the fact that they are in a cinema, in the dark. 

   Weegee used infrared film in order to capture this image, which is why it has a slight red tint to it, this tone adds to the dated feel of the image. The sepia tone connotes old ages film to people, so when you see a photograph with this effect your mind automatically links the image with being of age.  

   Weegee generally used a speed graphic with a 4x5 inch format and automatic flash to capture these impressive images.