I see by the snailpapers that the New York Daily News began life in 1919 as The Illustrated Daily News -- and One Wonders if the NYDN will even exist in 2019?

Like film noir, the tabloids have no illusions about evil lurking in the hearts of men, women and children. For longer than any other tabloid in the country, The New York Daily News -- which began life in June 1919 as The Illustrated Daily News -- has documented the all-too-commonplace human urge to do harm. Unlike film noir, which devotes an hour or two to exploring dark doings, The News has had to tell the story in one arresting photograph.

From the more than 130 pictures in ''New York Noir: Crime Photographs From The Daily News Archive'' at the Queens Museum of Art, it is clear that News photographers succeeded time and again in packing a story into one extraordinary picture. They also produced images that keep packing a wicked punch long after their first appearance in newsprint.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
Dark Side of New York From The Daily News
By MARGARETT LOKE
Published: March 31, 2000 in the NYTimes