| Maker(s): | Bubriski, Kevin | | Culture: | American (1954 - )
| | Title: | World Trade Center Series, Man in Plaid Shirt, New York City, September 27, 2001
| | Date Made: | 2001 September 27
| | Type: | Photograph
| | Materials: | gelatin silver print
| | Place Made: | United States; New York; New York
| | Measurements: | sheet: 24 x 20 in.; 60.96 x 50.8 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | title, date, edition and signature in pencil on verso: World Trade Center Series, Man in Plaid Shirt, New York City / September 27, 2001 / ed. 5/25 / Kevin Bubriski
| | Accession Number: | SC 2005.8
| | Credit Line: | Purchased
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
man wearing plaid shirt facing forward with arms folded; man standing to his right facing forward with dark shirt and slacks staring forward; man standing at right side of photograph with white shirt staring forward with head tilted; cars; buildings
Label Text:
The events of September 11, 2001 changed not only the physical landscape of New York City, but also the perceived character of the city and its inhabitants. Long heralded for its toughness and often derided as uncaring and anonymous, New York City became a symbol of American resilience, character, and values. Photographer Kevin Bubriski visited the site of what became known as Ground Zero over a period of two months, documenting the people who flocked to the site to mourn and try to connect and understand the enormity of the attacks.
At the barricades surrounding the site, I found people experiencing a remarkable sense of community, but also the deepest kind of personal reflection on loss and mortality. I realized I was one of many who needed to be at the site, unable to grasp the terrible television, magazine, and newspaper images. Men in suits, teenaged friends, families, young lovers, tourists, visitors from around the world, and fathers with children on their shoulders; all slowly approached the site. Eventually they came to a full stop, planting their feet firmly as if to keep themselves from wavering or falling. Then each visitor's quiet moment of reflection began as he or she stared off at the awful, cascading ruin of twisted steel, steeped in a swirl of acidic smoke. In this silence most visitors appeared to finally grasp, visually, the horror.
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