September 11 Digital Archive

Here Is New York Photos

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Here Is New York Photos

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In response to the World Trade Center tragedy, and to the unprecedented flood of images that have resulted from it, a unique exhibition and sale of photographs was displayed in a store front in SOHO. HERE IS NEW YORK is not a conventional gallery show. It is something new, a show tailored to the nature of the event, and to the response it has elicited. The exhibition is subtitled "A Democracy of Photographs" because anyone and everyone who has taken pictures relating to the tragedy was invited to submit their images to the gallery, where they were digitally scanned, printed and displayed on the walls alongside the work of top photojournalists and other professional photographers. All of the prints which HERE IS NEW YORK displays were sold to the public for $25, regardless of their provenance. The net proceeds from the sale of these prints went to the Children's Aid Society WTC Relief Fund, for the benefit of the thousands of children who are among the greatest victims of this catastrophe. The causes and effects of the events of 9/11/2001 are by no means clear, and will not be for a very long time. What is clear, though, is this: in order to restore our sense of equilibrium as a nation, as a city, and particularly as a community, we need to develop a new way of looking at and thinking about history, as well as a way of making sense of all of the images which continue to haunt us. Now That we no longer have a gallery, it is over the web that we keep this project alive. Our intention is to display the widest possible variety of pictures from the widest possible variety of sources, believing as we do that the World Trade Center disaster and its aftermath has ushered in a new period in our history, one which demands that we look at and think about images in a new and unconventional way. HERE IS NEW YORK is a non for profit 501(c)(3) foundation organized for purposes that are exclusively charitable and educational.

Items in the Here Is New York Photos Collection

Item 94536

17 Aug 2001 - Skyline NYC - Modasia family on holiday in NYC

Item 94537

This is a picture of Ground Zero, taken July 4th 2002.

Item 94547

Kosco Flag Store
Waukegan, IL
September 18 ,2001

They kept running out of flags. They were so busy they hadn't answered the phone in a week.

Item 94548

Kosco Flag Store
Waukegan, IL
September 18, 2001

They kept running out of flags. They hadn't answered the phone in a week.

Item 94552

New York, September 11, rooftop, Lafayette & Kenmare st.

Item 94555

This is a handball court located in the working class and immigrant neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. I photographed it during the summer of 2002. I learned that the every 11th of the month a vigil is held here. What struck about the…

Item 94556

Photo was taken about 2 weeks after 9/11. It was a poster that hung on a memorial put up in Arlington Cememtary, in Arlington, VA. This area of the Cemetary backs up to the side of the Pentagon that was hit by the plane and became an area where…

Item 94557

These pictures were taken the first week of October 2001. These images represent the citizens of Mahopac, NY and Manhattan. Every man, woman, and child seemed to be affected by the depth of the tragedy and expressed it unique and individual ways.

Item 95054

Grant at the Pentagon.

Item 95094

Pic was taken on September 4th 2001, at about 11.30 a.m. after visiting the Observation Deck of the WTC. I had a big want to take this photo cause these two towers were simply so fascinating.

Item 95095

this picture was taken last time i was in NYC. i went on the top of TWC and this is what i saw. (dec. 2000. morning around 11.00)

Item 95096

well, i guess there is not much to say about this picture. taken on dec 2000, after the visit to the top of the WTC. (afternoon, around 2.00pm)

Item 95132

This was taken on site, 6 days after the attacks.

Item 95180

taken on the top of the TWC. these were just shapes but they looked like actual people. at the time i thought it was funny... (dec 2000, morning)

Item 95181

not much to say. this is what you could see from the very top. breath-taking! (dec 2000, morning)

Item 95184

you can't see the WTC on this pic but it was taken in battery park, just outside the winter garden (thus really close to WTC). don't know if it's ok to send it over but i think - now - that it is very appropriate (thought the complete sentence says…

Item 95185

taken from the ferry to ellis island. this is how we all remember manhattan skyline (november '98, early afternoon)

Item 95186

taken from the inside of the TWC waiting in line for my turn to enter the elevator to the stars... (dec 2000, early morning)

Item 95187

not much to say. taken from battery park, just outside winter garden after the visit to the top. (dec 2000. morning)

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