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Summary: Off the beaten path
Review: The book is a suitable supplement to one's books on September 11.It contains few of the newspaper and magazine photographs that became the official historial record of the catastrophe. Instead, it features the work of free-lancers who had to work without the benefit of helicopters, film crews, and satellite imaging. The result is a startling portrait of the disaster's impact on spectators and the neighborhoods around New York. Magnum has captured the best photographs available anywhere of the actual ruins -- twisted steel and concrete, towering piles of rubble, nearby buildings shattered and on fire, streets buried in ash and singed paper. This advantage over other books came, perhaps, at an ethical cost: Photographers snuck past cordons and disobeyed police orders in order to capture the aftermath on film. The book doesn't say it, but some photographers (not necessarily those in the book) were arrested. This book doesn't contain the key photographs that came to define the event, but it's a more-than-worthy supplement to such a book. And it's a vivid reflection of the obstacles and opportunities that photojournalists encounter in covering breaking news.
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Summary: An Amazing Work -
Review: The quality of the photographs in the volume are simply amazing. If people have the opportunity to see the exhibition of photographs, in partnership with the Smithsonian, as they tour the country they should. I am also concerned by the blind rage of the one reviewer ("horsewhipped"...???!) over the Clinton photograph. This is such a non-issue. Did it occur to the man that the photographers took pictures of what they were able to? That maybe they didn't even have an opportunity to take a picture of Giuliani? As popular as the former Mayor is, I would have to imagine that any photograph the Magnum photographers got of him would have been featured. NEVERTHELESS - if someone is going to purchase only one book on this terrible day, I would recommend this one.
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Summary: Great Photography, Exploitative Editing
Review: The simple fact that the editors of this montage included on p. 100 a huge photograph of this country's most recreant politician, Bill Clinton, feeding off the grief of the citizens of New York City, is an insult to those good people and the photographic artists who contributed to this book. I looked hard but couldn't find one picture of Rudy Giulani. The publishers of this outrage deserve to be horsewhipped.
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Summary: Photography as historical document
Review: The strength of this book rests in the images that it archives and the intuitive connections in the layout. The composition draws you though THAT HORRIBLE DAY moment by moment and image by image. My wife and I were struck by the eerie familiarity of the pictures presented. Like most of America we sat stunned/horrifed/mesmerized by the electronic hum of the television on September 11th. However, too much of all of what we saw fell back into our subconscious and brought us to a nice and safe numb. This book brought back the elemental terror of that day and summoned back the images in such a way so that we can honestly say, we will never forget. This is a fine book.
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Summary: A Great Photography Book On The 21st Century Day Of Infamy
Review: These are emotional gripping, startling images made by Magnum photographers. I've seen the photo exhibit of these images currently on display at the New-York Historical Society; I was simply left stunned and speechless after viewing them. Much to my amazement there isn't a single photograph of Rudy Giuliani, whose response to the 9/11 disaster has been splendidly Churchillian. I concur with another reviewer who wonders why Bill Clinton appears in the book; Bill Clinton is the one I hold most responsible for the tragic events of 9/11/01 (Let's hope he is eventually tried and convicted of committing treason and gross dereliction of duty while pretending to be President of the United States.) since he failed to destroy Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terrorist network when there were ample opportunities during the mid 1990's. As someone who witnessed and lived through the tragic events of September 11th, I'm not sure whether I really want to add this fine book on my bookshelf, alongside other memorable photography books. Yet I urge you to purchase it since some of the proceeds will go to the New York Times' venerable charity on behalf of the victims of this 21st Century day of infamy.
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Summary: The rarest of moments...
Review: This book captures in photographs one of the most terrible acts against the United States in history.The thing that makes this act so evil is that it was committed against people at peace.In all the pictures there is no sign of the perpetrators,no sign of any military ,only the shock and horror on the faces of people who started out their day in peaceful pursuit of their lives.The pictures show that those involved had no idea of what or why this terrible thing was happening.It is hard to think of another event in history that compares.Bad as Pearl Harbor was,the people who were attacked knew who the enemy was and why they were being attacked.This was not the case on 9/11.This is what separates terrorists from an enemy.
What makes this book so good is that it can be quickly turned to every once in a while as a reminder of this day any why the War on Terror must be pursued to end this threat to all people who believe in freedom.This book shows what terrorists are capable of with or without weapons of mass destruction.No other proof is needed.
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Summary: A stunning pictorial review of that day...
Review: This book clearly brings home the devastation wrought on the World Trade Center by terrorists. As the book itself states, these pictures detail "a whole new level of evil." There are many books that have been published with pictorial accounts of September 11th, and this is one of the best.
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Summary: THE COVER REFLECTS THE INSIDE
Review: This book could have been much better. It looks like a hastily thrown together effort to cash in on the 911 tragedy. Why weren't there any photos of Rudy Guiliani? Wasn't he still mayor at the time? The man jumps into the fray without so much as a mask to protect himself and is not honored with even a small photo. I noticed that a shot of Bill Clinton, aka "The Zipper" was rather prominently displayed. True to form he came out only after the dust settled. Probably searching out shocked women to "comfort"...
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Summary: the best 9/11 book available
Review: this book is a collaborative effort by the world's top photographers, and is so far the best book available about the 9/11 attack. keep in mind that the shooting for this book was basically done in one day, and that one day was about the craziest day in the history of the u.s. some of the photos are amazing and will live on forever. the words add a great deal of power to the book, and all in all this book is worth getting. anyone who would give this book one star clearly doesn't understand photography or what magnum's intent was in publishing the book. the way the book is done and the quickness with which it was published are what make it so memorable. i did find the cover picture a weak choice, but the photos inside need to be seen for yourself.
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Summary: Desperate attempt at getting Magnum glory back.
Review: This book is not the quality that used to be expected from Magnum. I wonder how much 'a portion' of the proceeds is, how much is really being donated. Magnum is broke, it would be even more pathetic if they're taking advantage of people's charity. True documentation of this event is not over so how can it be time for this book by so called photojournalists. Seems a little desperate.
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