1945 - Photography

Photography

Photographs: Washington, D.C.-born Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, 33, takes a picture February 23 of six Marines hoisting an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. Captured in 1/400th of a second, the image makes Rosenthal famous and inspires war-weary Americans to buy billions of dollars worth of war bonds (see sculpture, 1954); Naked City by Polish-born New York freelance photographer Weegee (Arthur H. Fellig), 46, includes the carefully staged 1943 pictures "The Critic" and "Opening Night at the Opera" (depicting Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh and Lady Deisch with a ragged woman onlooker), which have been widely reprinted. Weegee adopted his nickname (derived phonetically from a Ouija board) about 5 years ago while working for the afternoon tabloid PM. His new book of pictures with text brings Weegee assignments from fashion magazines.