New York September 11

Magnum Photographers

ISBN 10: 1576871304 / ISBN 13: 9781576871300

Published by Powerhouse Books, New York, 2001

About this Item

First Edition with full number line. Pictorial cover. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gift inscription on inside front cover. Seller Inventory # 00712

Bibliographic Details

Title: New York September 11

Publisher: Powerhouse Books, New York

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

"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.

From the Publisher:

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to an accredited charitable organization, The New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund.

Services and products have been donated by the following companies: Smart Papers - Knightkote Matte, Hamilton, Ohio; Meridian Printing, East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Gist Inc. Prepress, New Haven, Connecticut; Bindtech, Nashville, Tennessee; Acme Bookbinding, Charlestown, Massachusetts; Kappa Graphic Board USA, Chesapeake, Virginia; Duggal Visual Solutions, New York City; Laumont Photographics, New York City.