Photographing Desolation
Three New York Exhibits of 11 September 2001
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5043670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Wosk (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 771-776 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2002.0192 |
| OpenAlex | W2038561163 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The feelings of profound grief, alarm, and anxiety—and the scenes of unimaginable human and structural devastation—produced by the events of 11 September 2001 were reflected in three very different photographic exhibits held in Manhattan during the final months of 2001 and the early part of 2002. Though the images in the exhibits varied widely, in some ways all these photographers, amateur and professional, were struggling to achieve the same thing: bear witness to destruction and mayhem that could hardly be comprehended or emotionally borne. The diverse photographs, seen collectively, became a moving testimony to human suffering and survival—and to our capacity to use modern technologies to create architectural wonders as well as the catastrophic events of that day
Aesthetics · Amateur · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Feeling · Grief · Political science · Visual arts · Witness · History · Law · Photography and Visual Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |