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Zusatztext "New York! September 11! 2001: Magnum Remembers" is the first book to documentthis unprecedented and tragic event that has truly altered the future ofthe world. From the moment of impact and the collapse of the Twin Towersto the rescue efforts at Ground Zero! the premier photojournalists of Magnumoffer a compelling visual account. Also included are some of the most belovedphotos of the WTC before the event. Klappentext "New York, September 11, 2001: Magnum Remembers" is the first book to document this unprecedented and tragic event that has truly altered the future of the world. From the moment of impact and the collapse of the Twin Towers to the rescue efforts at Ground Zero, the premier photojournalists of Magnum offer a compelling visual account. Also included are some of the most beloved photos of the WTC before the event. Zusammenfassung "The date, September 11, 2001, now has a certain permanence, graven on ourcollective memory, like a very few others December 7, 1941, and November 22, 1963, dates which seem to separate yesterday from today, and then from now. They become the rarest of moments; ordinary people will forever be able to tell you where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news, as if the terrible deed had happened to them, which in some ways it did." -from the introduction by David Halberstam By now, the story of September 11 has been burned into our collective memory, but few have seen New York from the perspective of Magnum photographers. Eleven members of the legendary photo agency immediately dispersed from their monthly meeting in New York as the events unfolded to document the incomprehensible. Their photographs, by turns haunting, surreal, and breathtaking, are collected together in New York September 11, by Magnum Photographers, compellingly presented in this high-quality edition from powerHouse Books. From their various vantage points we are transported to Ground Zero to witness the destruction of the World Trade Center, the buildings' implosion which sent thousands fleeing through the streets from debris, only to return to the scene in quiet observation and respect for the rescue workers whose jobs had only begun-and of the mourners who had been gathering struck with grief....
