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New York September 11 (signed by 9 magnum photographers)

by Magnum Photographers

Photographs: Magnum Photographers

Text: David Halberstam

Publisher: powerHouse Books

144 pages

Pictures: 74 four-color and 20 black and white photographs

Year: 2001

ISBN: 978-1-57687-130-0

Comments: 23 x 32,5 cm, hardcover, signed by 9 Magnum Photographers (Eli Reed, Larry Towell, Richard Kalvar, Susan Meiselas, Paul Fusco, Hiroji Kubota, Chien-Chi Chang, Alex Webb and David Alan Harvey)

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.

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