Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938-

Aftermath : World Trade Centre archive / Joel Meyerowitz.

New York : Phaidon, ©2006.

349 pages (some folded) : color illustrations ; 39 cm

Joel Meyerowitz, the only photographer allowed access inside the "forbidden city" of Ground Zero, documents the nine-month cleanup process after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Presents remarkable pictures in the archive that visually relate the catastrophic destruction of the 9/11 attacks and the physical and human dimensions of the recovery effort. This book provides a record of the extraordinary extent of the World Trade Center attacks and documents the recovery efforts.
"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. 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. 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. The remarkable pictures in the archive visually relate the catastrophic destruction of the 9/11 attacks and the physical and human dimensions of the recovery effort. The aim of this book is to provide a record of the extraordinary extent of the World Trade Center attacks and to document the recovery efforts. The book will serve as both a poignant elegy to those who 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 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."--Publisher's website.

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World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) Pictorial works.
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.).
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) Ouvrages illustrés.
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Pictorial works.
Terrorism New York (State) New York.
Terrorism New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Disasters New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Terrorisme New York (État) New York.
Terrorisme New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
Catastrophes New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
Disasters
Terrorism
Documentary photography.
Photojournalism.
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001 Pictorial works.
Terrorism New York (N.Y.) Pictorial works.
World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.) Pictorial works.
World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.) Ouvrages illustrés.
New York (State) New York World Trade Center Site
New York (State) New York

Illustrated works

Location: Library main m 248129
Call No.: BIB 177663
Status: Available