Quote of the day

Nothing is necessarily as you thought it was, and you should never believe what you're told until you've had a chance to study it for yourselves

Syndicate content

Login

Login or Register to be identified in your comments

Email & RSS

Sign up to oD's editorial summaries email:



Add oD to your Netvibes: Add to Netvibes


September 11

Eight Magnum photographers share their experiences documenting the events of 9/11.


World Trade Center, Josef Koudelka, 1988
Click here to launch slideshow

Many have seen the images of the collision, the burning towers, the fall and the rubble. Most of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001 when New York was attacked. However a few were on the ground in downtown Manhattan, not only witnessing, but bringing us those images.

Eight Magnum photographers (Paul Fusco, Thomas Hoepker, Steve McCurry, Susan Meiselas, Gilles Peress, Eli Reed, Larry Towell, Alex Webb) were there at what later became known as Ground Zero. In this Magnum in Motion story they give their eyewitness accounts of the attack and their perspectives on the consequences, five years later.

Click here to launch slideshow

Average rating
(0 votes)
further links
 
Copyright © Magnum Photos, . Published by openDemocracy Ltd. You may download and print extracts from this article for your own personal and non-commercial use only. If you teach at a university we ask that your department make a donation. Contact us if you wish to discuss republication. Some articles on this site are published under different terms.

Comments


Remember to login to have your comments properly attributed

Login or Register to be identified in your comments