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Summary: GARBAGE
Review: As a resident of Hillside NJ, the twin towers were always in my view whether i was coming home from work or school. I"ve always loved looking at the buildings at a distance. This book does nothing but ruin the images i have left of the beautiful buildings. Its cheap, it stunk and very bad quality. From the description of the pictures that the editor gives you and the one thats actually in the book are far off from each other. Waste of money, i recommend purchasing a different book. pictures are dark. I've seen some on tv, and they were bright as day, then i looked in the book and saw the same picture and it looks like they took it in the evening. Horrible, I'm so disappointed. Magnum made it sound like gold, but to me it was copper.
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Summary: A hauntingly realistic tribute
Review: As a survivor of the World Trade Center tragedy, I find it difficult to describe to others just what September 11th was like for me. This book places you in the streets of lower Manhattan, capturing the sights and emotions of a day that is burned into my memory. It is almost as if they were looking through my eyes when these pictures were taken. Magnum Photographers has created a fitting tribute to the World Trade Center, New York City, and all of us who were so deeply affected by the events of that day.
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Summary: Photo Journalism At Its Best
Review: By now, the images of the soaring twin towers falling back to earth are seared in our collective memories. What took years to build now is reduced to a smoking pyre in a mere matter of multiple minutes. New Yorkers exhibit their best when faced with a calamity - be it the elements of snow or rain, a power failure or the unforeseen attack of a cruel, faceless enemy. In a city that is known for its heartlessness, they rise to the occasion; exhibiting compassion and courage. This book testifies to those emotions. Being a New Yorker assumes more than a geographic label. It speaks to the millions of people who energize this great city. Their story is recorded in this series of 70 color and 20 black and white photographs. Magnum Photos, founded in 1947 by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and David "Chim" Seymour, is a cooperative of nearly sixty photographers. For the past half-century, Magnum photographers have worked for nearly every major publication in the world. This book continues that tradition.
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Summary: A superb documentary record of a horrifying day
Review: By some cosmic quirk of fate, the illustrious collective known as Magnum Photographers had one of their big meetings in New York City on Monday, September 10th, 2001. This means, of course, that when the horrific events of Tuesday, September 11th took place, there were dozens and dozens of superbly qualified and talented photographers all over the city. As if by reflex, these brave women and men documented the events of that day. The photographs get first consideration here. There is text, of course, but the photographs tell the story. It's difficult to look through the book and not feel as though you were there yourself. Witness Steve McCurry's triptych of the second tower coming down, looking for all the world like a dying flower, the smoke almost appearing like drooping petals curving down towards the earth (p. 8). Witness Susan Meiselas' photograph of one of those life-size statues you see hither and yon in Manhattan--this one of a cheerfully smiling businessman seated on a bench, opening up his briefcase to check on something. He is knee-deep in debris, and trees behind and beside him are crushed and bent (p. 30). The juxtaposition perfectly captures the sense of disconnectedness and inability to understand that we all felt that day. Witness Eli Reed's enormously moving photo of a construction worker wielding only a hammer. The man sits on a steel beam, hard hat on, booted feet tucked behind him. When you look beyond his hammer, you see the physical devastation all around him--yet there he sits, hammering as though he will make a difference (p. 104). Witness Gilles Peress' shots of shocked people appearing out of the snowy dust, accompanied by his simple and heartfelt statement: "I don't trust words. I trust pictures" (pp. 46 - 63). "New York September 11" is an astonishing and heartbreaking photographic documentary of that day. I recommend it as a record for your children and yourself.
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Summary: A superb documentary record of a horrifying day
Review: By some cosmic quirk of fate, the illustrious collective known as Magnum Photographers had one of their big meetings in New York City on Monday, September 10th, 2001. This means, of course, that when the horrific events of Tuesday, September 11th took place, there were dozens and dozens of superbly qualified and talented photographers all over the city. As if by reflex, these brave women and men documented the events of that day. The photographs get first consideration here. There is text, of course, but the photographs tell the story. It's difficult to look through the book and not feel as though you were there yourself. Witness Steve McCurry's triptych of the second tower coming down, looking for all the world like a dying flower, the smoke almost appearing like drooping petals curving down towards the earth (p. 8). Witness Susan Meiselas' photograph of one of those life-size statues you see hither and yon in Manhattan--this one of a cheerfully smiling businessman seated on a bench, opening up his briefcase to check on something. He is knee-deep in debris, and trees behind and beside him are crushed and bent (p. 30). The juxtaposition perfectly captures the sense of disconnectedness and inability to understand that we all felt that day. Witness Eli Reed's enormously moving photo of a construction worker wielding only a hammer. The man sits on a steel beam, hard hat on, booted feet tucked behind him. When you look beyond his hammer, you see the physical devastation all around him--yet there he sits, hammering as though he will make a difference (p. 104). Witness Gilles Peress' shots of shocked people appearing out of the snowy dust, accompanied by his simple and heartfelt statement: "I don't trust words. I trust pictures" (pp. 46 - 63). "New York September 11" is an astonishing and heartbreaking photographic documentary of that day. I recommend it as a record for your children and yourself.
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Summary: Buy this book
Review: Excellent, moving collection by some of the top working photojournalists alive. Publishing under enormous pressure, within a remarkable timeframe, and proceeds go to an important cause. The nitpicking reviews are just unbelieveable. News flash: photojournalists working in 35mm, moving rapidly, with dust all over their lenses and film badly scratched from debris in the air will produce images that, when enlarged, look grainy. Look at the images and think about them. Non-photographers criticising technical aspects, as if this was a collection of fashion or outdoor adventure shots, is absurd.
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Summary: Pictures that say a thousand sighs
Review: Half a world away from New York still can not hide the absolute grief that the free world is still suffering. Even in New Zealand the events that day in New York stopped the country in absolute shock and horror. Suddenly all of our insecurities began to take on new meaning as America and her allies were caught totally off guard by this new terror. However the human suffering that New York had to bear and it's dogged determination to rise up out of the ruins of 9/11 were clearly and, dear I say it, beautifuly executed by the photographers of the world famous Magnum organisation. Fate would have it that Magnum's great photographers were in New York for a meeting when the two 767s roared in overhead... The human feeling they captured that day will live on in infamy for the next 100 years and will become part of the human story told for the next 10 000 years. What was witnessed that day was the determination of a great city, a great country and a great people faced with an adverse situation that only a great democracy like the United States of America can cope with. Sit down to view this work and try to hold back the tears. Five Stars, well done Magnum.
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Summary: Unimaginable photographs
Review: I bought this book for my brother for Christmas and he was speechless as he looked through the incredible photos. The book was passed around during our Christmas eve family celebration and everyone was moved by the pictures. My sister kept remarking she should have known about this book because she would have given it for gifts, also. I particularly like the end of the book which shows photos of the Trade Center in its glory days and the true way we should remember it. I highly recommend this book. It is a keepsake, not just a coffee table piece.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I bought this for my step-father, who is a minister and a Fireman, he loved this book and was very touched by it's contents. Great Book to remember Sept. 11th, 2001. I plan on buying one for everyone in my Family!
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Summary: Try to say something different next time "disappointing"!
Review: I can't believe the online review editors let someone write the exact same thing two days in a row! It is really too bad this person can't even muster the creativity to think of one new word in launching a two-review axe grinder. The work really is revelatory, and marks a milestone of sorts in photo book publishing: allowing a group of artists to respond in their own words, designed with their own hands. The other books are not like this, but like the other books, charity is not the point. What happened and what it was that happened and what it felt like and what it seemed like is the point, like all good photo reportage.
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