Jayne Mansfield Distortion, c. 1960

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Weegee-American. Born Zloczow, Austria-Hungary (later Poland, now Zolochiv, Ukraine).1899-1968 Title: Jayne Mansfield Distortion, c. 1960 Size: 8.5x6.5 inGelatin silver print "Weeg ee From Photo Representative" stamp (verso). _______________________________________________________ Weegee began experimenting with photographic manipulation both in the darkroom and using an array of filters or prisms (kaleidoscopes) that created caricatured and distorted images. Weegee created distortions of a wide range of subjects; celebrities, architecture, scenes of circuses and nudes. "Jayne Mansfield Distortion" is a superb example of one of Weegee's images from this era. Courtesy of Caviar20 Learn More About Weegee >> Show more