9/11/2001 pix
Sep 12, 2021 13:48:49 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
I photographed only the 2nd tower disaster; the hit and the collapse.
When I heard of the plane hitting the WTC on CNN, I went to the roof at 5th Ave/15th St and shot the smoke and hole in the tower, then the 2nd plane came, I shot and ran to the lab to get my slide film processed. When I got back onto the roof, I shot the same tower collapse.
I had just gotten a 35mm film scanner. A Getty agent saw me at the lab looking at my uncut film strip.
Getty Agency used one shot for 10 years all over the world.
Nikon F4, 300mm f2.8 w/ 2x tele extender, slide film.
I still get goosebumps looking at my shots !
When I heard of the plane hitting the WTC on CNN, I went to the roof at 5th Ave/15th St and shot the smoke and hole in the tower, then the 2nd plane came, I shot and ran to the lab to get my slide film processed. When I got back onto the roof, I shot the same tower collapse.
I had just gotten a 35mm film scanner. A Getty agent saw me at the lab looking at my uncut film strip.
Getty Agency used one shot for 10 years all over the world.
Nikon F4, 300mm f2.8 w/ 2x tele extender, slide film.
I still get goosebumps looking at my shots !
Sep 12, 2021 13:58:32 #
petercbrandt wrote:
I photographed only the 2nd tower disaster; the hi... (show quote)
Stunning photographs, Peter!
Sep 12, 2021 14:00:37 #
Sep 12, 2021 14:31:15 #
Remarkable photos. I was at a meeting, the TV was on, at first with no volume on the run up to lunch. Mind boggling and unforgettable. Have never photographed anything of that nature, can't imagine how difficult it must have been to concentrate on the task.
Sep 12, 2021 14:45:58 #
Sep 12, 2021 14:52:09 #
Those are some amazing pictures I don't think I would have been able to stay composed to keep shooting especially not with film which needs the photographer to advance the film unless you had a top notch SLR and it was in continuous mode.
Sep 12, 2021 15:05:02 #
petercbrandt wrote:
I photographed only the 2nd tower disaster; the hi... (show quote)
Images shot perfectly under stress - will stand the test of time ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sep 12, 2021 15:30:50 #
Amazing photos of an unforgettable, cowardly act of terrorism.
I was at a customer's house getting ready to work on her dishwasher. I was an appliance tech working for Sears that day.
I could not believe what I was seeing when the customer turned on her little TV in the kitchen, after getting a call from one of her neighbors.
I watched in disbelief as I saw a passenger jet crammed into one of the World Trade Towers that was on fire.
Then was even more dumbfounded, when I saw a second passenger jet slam into the second tower.
This is one day of my life that I will never forget!
Ever!
Will
I was at a customer's house getting ready to work on her dishwasher. I was an appliance tech working for Sears that day.
I could not believe what I was seeing when the customer turned on her little TV in the kitchen, after getting a call from one of her neighbors.
I watched in disbelief as I saw a passenger jet crammed into one of the World Trade Towers that was on fire.
Then was even more dumbfounded, when I saw a second passenger jet slam into the second tower.
This is one day of my life that I will never forget!
Ever!
Will
Sep 12, 2021 16:58:55 #
amazing images. i took some from my office window in Newark, NJ. I have been desperately trying to find them. They were no where as clear as yours, but show the amount of smoke and dust raised.
Sep 12, 2021 18:16:05 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
chikid68 wrote:
Those are some amazing pictures I don't think I would have been able to stay composed to keep shooting especially not with film which needs the photographer to advance the film unless you had a top notch SLR and it was in continuous mode.
Yes, a Nikon F4 with motordrive; lens: 300mm w/ 2x teleextender = 600mm
Sep 12, 2021 18:22:51 #
petercbrandt wrote:
Yes, a Nikon F4 with motordrive; lens: 300mm w/ 2x teleextender = 600mm
Even so I don't think I would have been able to stay composed and shooting.
I salute you sir.
Sep 13, 2021 05:42:33 #
petercbrandt wrote:
I photographed only the 2nd tower disaster; the hi... (show quote)
Great set of images of this horrible day in our history
Sep 13, 2021 06:21:53 #
Sep 13, 2021 08:30:13 #
Historic photos Peter. I was standing outside the AT&T building on Avenue of the Americas looking down 13 blocks towards WTC when the second tower collapsed. The building kind of pancaked, and it was hard to take it all in. Watching the clouds of dust coming made me think it was time to move further away; I and several others started walking uptown. No cell service and military jets were flying overhead.
Sep 13, 2021 09:30:42 #
It still amazes me that there are people who deny that the towers were actually hit by airplanes. That they towers stood at all after the planes hit and, as your first shot clearly shows, took out a wide area of columns holding up the floors demonstrates the marvel of modern engineering and the ability of materials to adjust to new stresses - kind of like we all had to do after this attack.
We still grieve for the innocents who were terrorized by their situation and killed by this act of fanaticism. We share the burden of grief for all people - their families and friends, coworkers, our soldiers, and those in Iraq and Afghanistan whose were forced into a war that was not theirs.
Thanks for sharing.
We still grieve for the innocents who were terrorized by their situation and killed by this act of fanaticism. We share the burden of grief for all people - their families and friends, coworkers, our soldiers, and those in Iraq and Afghanistan whose were forced into a war that was not theirs.
Thanks for sharing.
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