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It's very good to see. But it's also kind of sad that only tragedy can bring the world together in this way.
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I think by far the most poignant and memorable images among those (to me) are the ones of the mohawked punk in Germany, crouching and crying, and the woman in England with her hand through the gate.
Those'll stick with me for a long time.
In terms of poignant still images, the canadian paper The Globe and Mail had a really well done supplemental section on Wednesday last week. The cover picture was a 60-something year old man in his suit, a handkerchief over his mouth, and completely covered in dust. The entire image had this green cast to it, and it was such a good image I had find another copy of it (after giving my first copy to my co-worker). The back image was of ground zero, with the empty husk of one of the towers jutting up into the smoke, overturned ambulances and cars in its wake. Incredible stuff, makes me want to be a photojournalist very badly.
Good link, though. thanks.
Those'll stick with me for a long time.
In terms of poignant still images, the canadian paper The Globe and Mail had a really well done supplemental section on Wednesday last week. The cover picture was a 60-something year old man in his suit, a handkerchief over his mouth, and completely covered in dust. The entire image had this green cast to it, and it was such a good image I had find another copy of it (after giving my first copy to my co-worker). The back image was of ground zero, with the empty husk of one of the towers jutting up into the smoke, overturned ambulances and cars in its wake. Incredible stuff, makes me want to be a photojournalist very badly.
Good link, though. thanks.
I think by far the most poignant and memorable images among those (to me) are the ones of the mohawked punk in Germany, crouching and crying, and the woman in England with her hand through the gate. Those'll stick with me for a long time. Totally. Me too. Those the one with the man standing alone in Toronto, taken from the side...sort of hugging himself.
On the subject of pictures, a women I work with came in the office the other day and she offered me a paper from New York to read. I sort of thought, "Why? Does the NY paper say something that the others don't." Then she started to open to a page that she considered to be the selling point of the paper. She said, "Its a picture of a person jumping from one of the buildings. I was a little...pissed that she thought that would make me want to see it more. Like "Oh Oh Oh! Let me see the guy jumping to his death with terror! Oh Oh! Can I see! Can I?! Can I?! Can I?!" I just said to her "Oh, no. I don't want to see that shit, cut that out. Like I haven't seen enough on TV." I swear she looked at me like I was crazy for NOT wanting to see it.
Lynn
"But through my eyes you are made of stone."
On the subject of pictures, a women I work with came in the office the other day and she offered me a paper from New York to read. I sort of thought, "Why? Does the NY paper say something that the others don't." Then she started to open to a page that she considered to be the selling point of the paper. She said, "Its a picture of a person jumping from one of the buildings. I was a little...pissed that she thought that would make me want to see it more. Like "Oh Oh Oh! Let me see the guy jumping to his death with terror! Oh Oh! Can I see! Can I?! Can I?! Can I?!" I just said to her "Oh, no. I don't want to see that shit, cut that out. Like I haven't seen enough on TV." I swear she looked at me like I was crazy for NOT wanting to see it.
Lynn
"But through my eyes you are made of stone."
MetalManCPA
Papa Opeth
Originally posted by Opet
On the subject of pictures, a women I work with came in the office the other day and she offered me a paper from New York to read. I sort of thought, "Why? Does the NY paper say something that the others don't." Then she started to open to a page that she considered to be the selling point of the paper. She said, "Its a picture of a person jumping from one of the buildings. I was a little...pissed that she thought that would make me want to see it more. Like "Oh Oh Oh! Let me see the guy jumping to his death with terror! Oh Oh! Can I see! Can I?! Can I?! Can I?!" I just said to her "Oh, no. I don't want to see that shit, cut that out. Like I haven't seen enough on TV." I swear she looked at me like I was crazy for NOT wanting to see it.
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For the first images I saw - I was amazed in that movie sort of way - but only for a fleeting moment.
You can't help but look at the images from a detached point of view - they are incredible in their own right - as are most pictures of disasters, war, etc. But once you attach the human horror to it, that's when the gawking stops - at least for me. I don't want to see those pictures of people jumping either - although when I even try to imagine the horror those people at ground zero felt - those pictures do really hit home.
Damn - I hate when I put myself in quandries such as this.
Russell
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Even tho I'm getting slightly annoyed with the fact everyone everywhere is talking about this (hence I've been trying to avoid the America discussions (tho I must say of all the places I've heard this discussed I think u lot have been the most sensible and thoughtfull in ur discussions)) I feel I must post here 
These images are just too surreal. They all seem to be like from a movie, so I don't think its really sunk in yet. What disgusts me however is the fact that so many people have been nuying newspapers, especially in my college, for nothing else than the pictures. I hear them discussing them and they're not talking about whether this could lead to war, what America's reaction should be, they're just like - look here's the building collapsed. And eher's a guy jumping from a window.
Its sick, its like people saying how cool it was. Also the newspapers here had seperate magazines that they called - commemorative papers, with loads of the pictures in, and several poster size. I mean, its fine to have such a paper if it had information in it, dedicated to the attack so just like a usual paper except on one subject, but these were only pictures, and why would you want to commemorate such an event in that way? It seems to me just another way to satisfy people morbid curiosity and sell more papers
These images are just too surreal. They all seem to be like from a movie, so I don't think its really sunk in yet. What disgusts me however is the fact that so many people have been nuying newspapers, especially in my college, for nothing else than the pictures. I hear them discussing them and they're not talking about whether this could lead to war, what America's reaction should be, they're just like - look here's the building collapsed. And eher's a guy jumping from a window.
Its sick, its like people saying how cool it was. Also the newspapers here had seperate magazines that they called - commemorative papers, with loads of the pictures in, and several poster size. I mean, its fine to have such a paper if it had information in it, dedicated to the attack so just like a usual paper except on one subject, but these were only pictures, and why would you want to commemorate such an event in that way? It seems to me just another way to satisfy people morbid curiosity and sell more papers
Yep. Sell more papers and hipe up the masses. My boss got a phone call today. They guy wanted to know if we had "flag material" and I told him to hang on a second...went and told bossman he had a call and what the guy wanted to know, he says "Hey. Alright! This might be my chance to profit from this!"
I think my stomach turned. :s OK. So that's how I felt, but I wondered if later he thought how fucked up that was. I know. People will be people.
Lynn
"I am near, yet so far away."
I think my stomach turned. :s OK. So that's how I felt, but I wondered if later he thought how fucked up that was. I know. People will be people.
Lynn
"I am near, yet so far away."
