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Aftermath: Unseen 9/11 Photos by a New York City Cop
Price: $34.16
Description
Renowned photographer/police officer John Botte was given privileged access to ground zero in the hours and days following the tragedy of 9/11. Here for the first time–and for posterity–are his breathtaking photos, securing Botte's status as the Mathew Brady of 9/11. NYPD police officer and photographer John Botte was assigned by the police department to document the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy. He spent countless hours at Ground Zero in the days and weeks after the attacks, and was given privileged access to the behind the scenes rescue and recovery efforts of 9/11. On a personal level, Botte calls Aftermath "a permanent tribute to the people who shaped me as a person and professional–to the friends I lost and the ones I never got a chance to make." On a universal level, his collection of photographs is a haunting reminder of the events of 9/11 in New York City and an important document for the ages. On the fifth anniversary of the attacks, the author will finally share his intimate portraits of the aftermath of America's unforgettable tragedy. With more than 150 haunting black & white photos and captions by the photographer himself, the book memorializes the unforgettable images we all recall from those first days–and captures countless scenes previously known only to the few who worked the scene so tirelessly. The result is an extraordinary historical record that stands to become the definitive photographic retrospective of September 11.
Private Photos Published
Date: 2008-10-19 Rating: 4 out of 10
While the pictures were intreging i was disappointed with the quaility of the photos in the book especially considering they are calling the photographer a professional not an amiture that got published. They are VERY grainy.
BewertungenImpressionante!Datum 2007-05-28 Rang: 10 von 10This book contain hard and touching images about the aftermath in New York city.The Tragedy of 9/11 in Picture FormDatum 2007-05-26 Rang: 8 von 10Former officer John Botte has done a wonderful job putting together images of the immediate aftermath of 9/11. The black-and-white photos show both the tragedy and hope of the people involved in the rescue -- and later, simply the clean-up -- of this horrific event.
The only thing I would have enjoyed more would have been captions for all of the photographs. As it stands, only about one in ten of the pictures has any type of explanation.
A Fitting Aftermath to 9/11Datum 2007-04-03 Rang: 10 von 10This book meets the criteria of the film noir movies of the 40's and 50's: oneiric, strange, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel. Well, not erotic. And unlike the films of those days, the pictures here, and the stories that they tell are true.
This is a book composed of pictures made in the days after 9/11. They were taken in black and white, and are somewhat grainy. The photographer, John Botte, a police detective and world-class photographer, was assigned by the police commissioner to document the aftermath at the World Trade Center. He was there, day after day, breathing the dust from the concrete, the insulation, and everything else - getting a lung condition that almost cost him his life.
Out of the thousands of photographs he too, he has selected this couple of hundred and created captions that sometimes explain, sometimes just comment on what is being pictured.
It is indeed a fitting AFTERMATH to 9/11.DECENT PICTURESDatum 2006-11-10 Rang: 6 von 10IF you have been collecting books, videos and material about 9/11 [I'm a history teacher]
this is a nice addition. The copy is more interesting than the pictures that we've all seen,
sadly.
Produkt InformationAutor:
John Botte
Recording label: Collins Design Hersteller: Collins DesignEAN: 9780060789718Format: HardcoverDewey decimal number: 974.71044ISBN: 0060789719Artikelzahl: 1Seitenzahl: 224Erscheinungsdatum: 2006-09-01Erscheinungdatum: 2006-08-22Sprache: English (Original Language)
Sprache: English (Unknown)
Sprache: English (Published)
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