After September 11 ground zero images
13 February 2002
Commemorating six months since the terrorist attacks on New York unique images of ground zero arrive in the UK.
After September 11: Images from Ground Zero
Wednesday 6 March to Sunday 14 April
Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
Admission free
"The camaraderie among the workers in the zone reminds me of the stories we've heard about the World Wars, where men and women are thrown together by a common cause, share tragedies and victories, and are forever bound to one another by their effort". - Joel Meyerowitz
The Museum of London is to become the first UK venue for an exhibition of images of Ground Zero taken by eminent American photographer Joel Meyerowitz - the only photographer awarded unimpeded access to the site since 11 September 2001.
After September 11: Images from Ground Zero will combine Meyerowitz's candid street photography and his large-format landscape work in an exhibition which captures the sheer magnitude of the loss in New York, and the heroic nature of the response to the attacks.
The twenty seven large scale photographs will be brought to London by the American Embassy to mark six months since the collapse of the twin towers. The visiting exhibition has been assembled by the Museum of the City of New York and is supported by the US Department of State.
The Museum of London offers a natural venue for the exhibition, being both situated in the heart of the city, and having a reputation for challenging displays that explore subjects of importance to those who live and work in the capital. Meyerowitz's systematic documentation of the painful rescue, recovery, demolition and excavation efforts at Ground Zero promises to hold a powerful resonance for the inhabitants of a city that itself witnessed large-scale air attacks during the Second World War.
After September 11: Images from Ground Zero is the first solo exhibition of work by Joel Meyerowitz to be shown in the UK. Born in New York in 1938, Meyerowitz has developed a reputation as one of the world's most significant post-war photographers. He began his career in the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank as a street photographer.
In the mid-1970s he took up landscape photography and began to work exclusively in colour. As an early advocate of the expressive possibilities of colour photography, he has been instrumental in changing attitudes toward its importance.
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