'Unknown Weegee'

There's a pretty good article on the NY photographer Weegee in the NYT today. I hadn't heard of this guy until last summer when I was at the International Center for Photography, and they had a really amazing book of his stuff. (Now they have an exhibit.) Anyway, he was a beat photographer for NYC tabloids in the 30s and 40s so most of his material covers pretty sensational stuff. I'm attracted to it train-wreck-style, which I guess is the point. A lot of it is sad or fucked up, but wow the man could sure capture a moment. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/arts/design/09weeg.html