9/11 photographers

Following greynolds post, another incredible demonstration of the power of photographs, although in a much much more sober vein. 10 years and I'm still profoundly shocked and moved by images of this.

Warning - difficult viewing.

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Thank you Tim. Amazing, and disturbing photos. I'm sure I'm not enough of a photographer to be going towards the disaster to record it instead of running from it.

We were on holiday in Aveyron at the time. We had been out for the day and came back to our house late. We switched on the TV to get the weather forecast and instead got snowy pictures of New York.
Neither of us speak good French, so we didn't understand what it was all about.
We went out to our car and tried to get a British or Dutch station on the radio - there was no radio in the house, and TV reception was poor. Nothing, we couldn't get any station, never mind one we could understand. It slowly dawned on us as we watched the TV what had happened, but it wasn't until the following day, when we could get somewhere with radio reception that we found out the true horror of it all.

The time before that that we holidayed in France we woke up to the news of Princess Diana's death. We were nervous about going again last year, but the world survived .

it is very upsetting

A tragic event that shocked the world. For those photographers that were there at the time, they captured scenes of devastation, and froze time with images that are powerful and moving at the same time.

What happened there, why it happened, and who gained the most from what happened, are food for discussion for other forums.

The photos themselves speak louder than anything else. Thanks for sharing, they are truly moving, and if I could justify summing it all up in one word: scary.

May I ask if anyone here would know if there is a gallery of photos from 9/11 here in he UK, preferably in London?

Powerful photos indeed.
I come from a part of the world which has suffered, and is still suffering, from the aftermath of this momentous event. Since the American 'War on Terror' started, Pakistan (my home country) has lost more than 30,000 people in terrorist related incidents - roughly 10 people for each person who died that day, but no one cares. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.

It demonstrates how important the craft of photography is.
It is intersting also to think that at the time digital hadn't 'taken off'certainly pre pentax digital(SLR)
Regards
Chris

This is a book full of imagery from that awful day

Magnum photos NYC 9-11

Yes listening to the photography grabbing some film from the fridge it brings it home how quick things evolve. 10 years isn't along time.

Some posts removed, please remember this is not a forum for politics.

Hi Naim

As you are now a yorkshire man - you are probably used to your fellow yorkshire men speaking their minds, so here goes.

It is wrong to state that 'no one cares'. It may well be true that due to the emphasis that the news services give to one event Vs another - you could be lead to believe that nobody cares - but I think you are underestimating your fellow man. I think you will find that most rational human beings detest such events - regardless of where or to whom they are being commited.

Yes there is a world of debate to be had about what constitutes terrorism and a million justifucations from one side or another, Whilst such debate may be important - IMHO no amount of reasoning alters the fact that terrorism creates suffering wherever and whenever perpetrated and personally, I do care about any innocent person who suffers as a consequence of such events and I would be amazed if most others on this forum do not share the same opinion.

Carl

I dont think the removed posts were political just some peoples opinion

Ian

I would say "demonstation" in your photos is political, but that is only my opinion

Apologies if my post has caused problems -that was never the intention.
Fritzthedog - You are absolutely right, lots and lots of people care, only those with vested interests don't, and these include powerful people in Pakistan as well - probaly more than anywhere else. So I am not blaming the rest of the world only but the Pakistani nation in general and the politicians in particular as well.
Smeggypants - I read your post before it was deleted. What you had said was quite relevant but I know people in the intelligence business in Pakistan who are happy that America is doing the work for them. Unfortunately the problem is the so called 'collateral damage' (what an awful term). But it is not just the Americans. As I have written above, the Pakistanis also take a lot of the blame to have let the situation this bad. Everyone has their own agenda. The terrorists think what they are doing is right and they are encouraged by foreign elements as well.
In my home town Peshawar, where I spent my youth, people are thankful if a day passes without a bomb - imagine going out shopping and not knowing whether you will come back home or not. So depressing.

Exactly. We decent people here care about any innocent lives lost. I think what Naim meant with 'no one cares' was in regards to the lack of care from the Western politician-Media Alliance.

And this is nothing to do with politics, but to do with a care for humanity. Something that should never be censored by any decent person. Anywhere.

Naim, I know a little bit about the significance of Peshawar, and in respect to the no politics policy of this forum I won't go into that here. I have my own forum where Politics is a welcome subject anyway.

However to get the subject back to photography... I would simply love to spend some time doing a photo shoot in Peshawar.