Arthur ‘Weegee’ Fellig sits within the pantheon of photography greats for his incredible photojournalism and street photography. He also sits within the mind of almost every photographer in the world for coming up with arguably the most broadly applied imaging advice ever. I am, of course, talking about the photography quote: “f/8 and be there.”
Where, when, and even if Fellig was really the originator of that photography quote doesn’t matter. I can think of few photographers whose MO fits this golden nugget of advice better than Weegee, and it’s become a phrase that street and documentary photographers – beginners and pros alike – have lived by for decades.
