《紐約時報:那些關於911的照片》911事件二十週年倒數兩小時
2002 年,《紐約時報》因9 月 11 日事件報導,獲得普利策突發新聞攝影獎。
二十年後,紐約時報找到當時的攝影師,反思他們創造的圖像,以及回憶其捕捉災難事件的過程。
以下為紐約時報攝影記者的回憶:
當我看到一架飛機撞上在世貿中心時,我拿起裝備跑到布魯克林高地Brooklyn Hight 長跑道。
我的搭檔手指著一架正在飛越自由女神像的飛機,我知道即將發生什麼:我將目睹數百人死亡。
我記得當時我的腦海裏一直浮現三個字,“不,不,不!”
但我深呼吸了一口氣,告訴自己:“這就是歷史。做好你的工作。”
我把相機貼在我的臉上,將天際線框得很大,然後等待那架飛機進入我的畫框。
後來我盡量不去回想那一刻。我親眼目睹紐約人失去母親、父親、兒子和女兒、及朋友們的恐怖。
I was watching NY1 when I saw that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I grabbed my gear and ran to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. My partner pointed to a plane flying over the Statue of Liberty, and I knew what was going to happen: I was going to witness hundreds of people die. I remember thinking, “No, no, no!” But I took a breath and told myself: “This is history. Do your job.” I put the camera to my face, framed the skyline wide, and I waited for the plane to come into my frame.
—Angel Franco
* 如果我沒有在兩天前換上相機上的長鏡頭;如果我沒有剛好去西邊,只因路被堵住了;如果我當時沒有停下,而跑向世貿中心:如果我沒有看著燃燒的塔,“哇,它看起來隨時都會倒塌”,如果我沒有……我仍然不知道為什麼我為什麼生命中注定要捕捉那一刻。
Chang Lee
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/us/the-photographs-of-9-11.html?referringSource=articleShare