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Weegee
Kaleidoscope
1940s (taken) 1980s (print)
Gelatin silver print
32.7 x 26 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accessession number: PH.409-1980
LL/116027
Black and white photograph of a circular, kaleidoscopic pattern formed by a woman's figure.
Gallery 100, 2016-17: Weegee (1899–1968) ‘Kaleidoscope’ 1940–50 In the later years of his career, the photographer Weegee experimented with distorting images using prisms. In this example, he used a prism to transform a profile of a female nude into an elaborate, kaleidoscopic pattern of breasts, legs and hands. Gelatin silver print Museum no. Ph.409-1980(March 2016)
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