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Aftermath : World Trade Center Archive by Joel Meyerowitz (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPhaidon Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100714846554
ISBN-139780714846552
eBay Product ID (ePID)63718228
Product Key Features
Book TitleAftermath : World Trade Center Archive
Number of Pages350 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Photographers / General, United States / 21st Century, History
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenrePhotography, History
AuthorJoel Meyerowitz
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight133.9 Oz
Item Length15 in
Item Width10.8 in
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Reviews"An important tribute to the courage and determination exhibited by New Yorkers in the weeks and months following 9/11."--Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City "Aftermath is a testament to the heroism and compassion that were so much a part of the recovery efforts at ground zero."--Joe Daniels, President, National September 11 Memorial & Museum "Meyerowitz has created an archive that is both a work of history and of art."--Booklist "Magnificent... It is for our children and our grandchildren--for the historical record--that Meyerowitz zealously labored over many months to capture on film the aftermath."--John Updike, The New York Review of Books "Mesmerizing."--The New York Times
Photographed byMeyerowitz, Joel
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisAfter the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11th 2001, the world-renowned photographer Joel Meyerowitz felt compelled to visit the site, to document and record the aftermath of the largest ever attack on US soil. Although initially turned away by police (on the grounds that the site was a crime scene and could not be photographed), Meyerowitz was determined to gain access to the area. Within days he had established strong links with many of the firefighters, policemen and construction workers contributing to the clean up. With their assistance he became the only photographer to be granted unimpeded access to Ground Zero. Once there he systematically began to document the wreckage followed by the necessary demolition, excavation and removal of tens of thousands of tonnes of debris that would transform the site from one of total devastation to level ground. Soon after the Museum of the City of New York officially engaged Meyerowitz to create an archive of the destruction and recovery at Ground Zero and the immediate neighborhood. The 9/11 Photographic Archive numbers in excess of 5,000 images and will become part of the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York., After the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11th 2001, the world-renowned photographer Joel Meyerowitz felt compelled to visit the site. In his own words, he was 'overcome by a deep impulse to help, to save, to soothe, but, being far away, there was nothing I could do. On his return, Meyerowitz soon made his way to the scene where, upon raising his camera, he was reminded by a police officer that this was a crime scene and that no photographs were allowed. Meyerowitz duly left the scene but within a few blocks the officer's reminder had turned into consciousness. To Meyerowitz, 'no photographs meant no history' and he decided at that moment to find a way in and make an archive for the City of New York. Within days, he had established strong links with many of the firefighters, policemen and construction workers contributing to the clean up. With their assistance he became the only photographer to be granted unimpeded access to Ground Zero. necessary demolition, excavation and removal of tens of thousands of tonnes of debris that would transform the site from one of total devastation to level ground. Soon after, the Museum of the City of New York officially engaged Meyerowitz to create an archive of the destruction and recovery at Ground Zero. The 9/11 Photographic Archive numbers in excess of 5,000 images and will become part of the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York. Meyerowitz takes a meditative stance toward the work and workers at Ground Zero, methodically recording the painful work of rescue, recovery, demolition and excavation. His pictures succinctly convey the magnitude of the destruction and loss and the heroic nature of the response. The images included here are a combination of prints from a large format camera, which allows for the greater detail, and standard 35mm, a format which provided Meyerowitz with the freedom to move easily around the site and capture each moment as it happened. destruction of the 9/11 attacks and the physical and human dimensions of the recovery effort. The aim of this book is to provide record of the extraordinary extent of the World Trade Center attacks and to documents the recovery efforts. The book will serve as both a poignant elegy to those that lost their lives and as a celebration of the tireless determination of those left behind to reclaim and rebuild the area known as 'Ground Zero'. Twenty eight of the images in from the archive were displayed in New York and then in over fifty cities around the world in a travelling exhibition entitled After September 11: Images from Ground Zero.
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