9/11 - Seven years on - Page 6

Pheebs · 11-09-2008, 13:24

Pete that photo is - amazing (though not sure that's the right word for it?) I think you know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by leowyatt

Isn't there only 3 of them?

sorry back on topic.

The photo that made the most impact for me was the falling man.

I think that's probably one of the most haunting photos I have ever seen in my life. To see someones last few moments... which they chose to be there last... captured in one photo forever. Well. Shocking and terrifying.

petemc · 11-09-2008, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Garp

In some regards I look at the work of photographers at major events and keep thinking.. you're there, you're present, but you're not really living it. I find I want them to put the cameras down and experience the moment.
But then without that sacrifice, without that hiding behind the camera lens and photographing, we'd miss so much. Pictures and photos are such a major trigger of memories, we'd all be a lot poorer off if it wasn't for the sacrifice of the few.

I know that feeling all to well. Going to events and experiencing things through a lens. It is the price you pay to come back with good photos of the event. James Natchwey says he does it to show people the reality of those situations in the hope that he can end them.

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I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.

Will · 11-09-2008, 13:31

It is harrowing and very bleak. The desperation required to choose that as the last port of call is unbelieveable. I can't even begin to imagine, from that aspect I do find this situation very sad.

petemc · 11-09-2008, 13:35

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Originally Posted by Pheebs

Pete that photo is - amazing (though not sure that's the right word for it?) I think you know what I mean.

Time photo essay by James Natchwey. In some ways they are amazing. I'm not sure what other way to describe them.

Dee · 11-09-2008, 13:43

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Originally Posted by chumpychops

Better? I didnt even swear.

Not quite, you didnt say where you were when it happened, that was the point of this thread afterall

Muban · 11-09-2008, 13:45

I had been house hunting put in a bid for a place I really wanted after looking for ages and got outbid. Was feeling pretty rubbish about it all. The next day this happened and I just remember it all feeling so surreal, I think it was the scale of it all. I remember after that I really couldn't have cared less about having lost the oppertunity of that house.

I must admit it I do think about it now and again. The amount of movies and TV shows that have images of the towers in, each time I see them it makes me stop and think.

As it happens I often get reminded about different events where terrible things happen and stop and have a think about them. It's not like I only have enough compassion to care for a finite number of people.

Pebs · 11-09-2008, 13:49

I was at home childminding and saw it all on telly from the word go. I remember being frozen, watching when the second plane hit. And I remember when it looked like the whole of NY had exploded when the 1st tower went down due to the smoke everywhere. I was on the phone to Mike at the time and I said there's been another explosion. When I realised what had happened I was crying, I knew it would have been full of people.

I still find it all quite hard to watch on the TV, all these programmes about it. Odd really, Im not normally so soft, for want of a better word.

chumpychops · 11-09-2008, 13:51

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Originally Posted by Dee

Not quite, you didnt say where you were when it happened, that was the point of this thread afterall

I was at work. It was rubbish. We had loads to do but everyone was watching the news.

Will · 11-09-2008, 13:53

Aha - I've jsut remembered where I was. I was in Nice airport about to board a plane and I saw this new trailer for a movie where the WTC blows up.... it wasn't until I got to the UK that the news struck me that it wasn't a trailer and it was actually real. I admit to being shocked and relatively glued to the tv, it was more the innocent lives and the shock factor - however I did become numb to it rather quickly. I was more annoyed at the anti middle east comments if I'm honest.

Dee · 11-09-2008, 13:53

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Originally Posted by Pebs

I still find it all quite hard to watch on the TV, all these programmes about it. Odd really, Im not normally so soft, for want of a better word.

Nor me really Pebs

I think it was about 4 or 5 days later when they did the 2 minute silence, the boss bought the office a radio so we could sit and listen. Afterwards, the first song they played was REM, "Everybody Hurts". I broke down in the middle of the office

11-09-2008, 13:31	#53
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	It is harrowing and very bleak. The desperation required to choose that as the last port of call is unbelieveable. I can't even begin to imagine, from that aspect I do find this situation very sad. __________________ *No No!*

11-09-2008, 13:49	#57
Pebs Easymouth Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,716	I was at home childminding and saw it all on telly from the word go. I remember being frozen, watching when the second plane hit. And I remember when it looked like the whole of NY had exploded when the 1st tower went down due to the smoke everywhere. I was on the phone to Mike at the time and I said there's been another explosion. When I realised what had happened I was crying, I knew it would have been full of people. I still find it all quite hard to watch on the TV, all these programmes about it. Odd really, Im not normally so soft, for want of a better word. __________________ ...faster you naughty little monkey! Running through hell, heaven can wait!

11-09-2008, 13:53	#59
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	Aha - I've jsut remembered where I was. I was in Nice airport about to board a plane and I saw this new trailer for a movie where the WTC blows up.... it wasn't until I got to the UK that the news struck me that it wasn't a trailer and it was actually real. I admit to being shocked and relatively glued to the tv, it was more the innocent lives and the shock factor - however I did become numb to it rather quickly. I was more annoyed at the anti middle east comments if I'm honest. __________________ *No No!*

11-09-2008, 13:45	#56
Muban Shoes, Boobs & Corsets Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The fastest town in Scotland Posts: 1,882	I had been house hunting put in a bid for a place I really wanted after looking for ages and got outbid. Was feeling pretty rubbish about it all. The next day this happened and I just remember it all feeling so surreal, I think it was the scale of it all. I remember after that I really couldn't have cared less about having lost the oppertunity of that house. I must admit it I do think about it now and again. The amount of movies and TV shows that have images of the towers in, each time I see them it makes me stop and think. As it happens I often get reminded about different events where terrible things happen and stop and have a think about them. It's not like I only have enough compassion to care for a finite number of people.