Richard Drew’s photo “The Falling Man” became one of the most controversial photos taken during the September 11th, 2001 9-11 attacks on the world trade centers. The controversy in this photo is about how the man was captured in an almost majestic pose as he fell from the towers. The photo depicts a man falling head first, with his one leg posed in a way that almost looks like he is trying to propel himself towards the ground. The building that is situated behind the jumper does not show any destruction to the trade centers. This is believed to be one of the main factors that made the photo controversial (Krausova , 2011). It is said that “The Falling Man” became “the most famous image that nobody has ever seen” (Krausova , 2011, p. 2). Some …show more content…
The Poynter Institute “suggests that the decision to show such material should be driven by a goal to inform, rather than to horrify, viewers” (Quay & Damico, 2012). This suggests that even though the image is disturbing to some it shouldn’t be suppressed as it represents a significant part of that horrible day on September 11th, 2001. When Mark Konkol interviewed an executive from Calumet City and she said, “I don’t think there’s any benefit showing it. It disturbs. Too many bad memories. It’s too much. It’s just so real” (2011). This opinion shows a potential reason why the photo should be shown. The reason this is because even though it represents bad memories it should also help people remember how we came together to help one another and overcome this horrific day. “I want to see the world as it really is. And that’s part of what the world is really like,” the 55-year accountant said. “It was an important part of our history. This is real life and that should be reported” (Konkol, 2011). There are many people who fall onto this man’s side now that we look back on the event. Why should pieces of that day be removed from history? That would only convolute the timeline and change the way that it actually happened. These people that jumped from the building are a significant part of what happened and they should not be forgotten and the only way to remember them is through pictures and stories. If we decide a photo is too disturbing to display then we are hiding the memories of all those that we have
Imagine walking up on the scene of that fateful day of 9/11 knowing absolutely nothing apart from the talk around you, seeing the black smoke accumulating around the World Trade Centers, hearing the blare of sirens as the police cars accelerate by. Thomas Beller knew what all those things felt like. He was a simple pedestrian riding his bike going about his everyday life when he saw the black smoke, heard the sirens, and felt the whip of the police cars speeding by. Beller had no clue what was going on when he approached the scene, but in his personal narrative “The Ashen Guy” he explains his recollection of what he experienced on that historical day. Beller uses tones such as chaotic, nervous, confused, and worry to illustrate a picture of what it was like for him to approach the World Trade Center.
People standing outside the building watched helplessly as people dropped from the windows of the ninth floor. William Shephard, a reporter for the United Press said, “Thud -- ...
Michael Paterniti’s “The Long Fall of One Eleven Heavy” is a factual and personalized article about Swissair Flight 111 crash near Peggy Cove, Nova Scotia on September 2nd 199, with 229 souls onboard. This essay deals with: the significance of the unique, diction, and use of dark imagery.
On September 11, 2001 four passenger commercial jet airliners were hijacked and as a result approximately 3,000 human lives were lost. When asked about 9/11, many can recall exactly what they were doing when they heard the news that a plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings and many Americans can tell you how it all unfolded and the reason behind such a travesty. The “official story” provided by officials, and restated by Sofia Shafquat, producer of “9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions” say that “four passenger planes were hijacked and taken radically off course, within an hour, two of the planes had flown into the enormous steel towers of the World Trade Center, creating fires and eventually toppling them” (Shafquat). Soon the American public believed that the impact of the planes and that the fires had gotten so hot from burning jet fuel, that they caused the steel frames of the buildings to give way and implode, falling to the ground into dust (Shafquat). Internal fires take on the responsibility of the official story, though others believe controlled demolition is to blame. Some evidence that debates these two explanations of how the steel towers fell are: the way the buildings collapsed, the properties of steel, and the evidence of molten metal.
Eric Fischl’s Tumbling Woman created quite a stir when it was put on display at the Rockefeller Center, just one year after the events of September 11, 2001. After being displayed, it was quickly removed. Many thought the sculpture was too graphic to be displayed. Even though the statue brought back painful memories for many, the Tumbling Woman should not have caused controversy because it recreated an important event in every Americans’ life and captured the emotions of the individuals trying to escape from the Twin Towers. The sculpture allows us to rethink and re-experience the events of 9/11, as well as remember the event as not just a tragic event that killed over 3,000 people, but also as an event of human tragedy. Why did the Tumbling
Even though people aren't seen throwing themselves out the windows like in other images it is said that a spiritual image was seen in the smoke of that tower. September 11 is a day full of nightmares for many individuals.
Introduction On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center buildings one and two were attacked. However, who we were attacked by and even if we were attacked is a hard decision to make. There have been many different claims about how everything on that fateful day happened. There are facts that we know are true, though; Flight 11 flew into the North Tower at eight forty- six in the morning.
...h these problems have since been resolved, they will never be forgotten. This image used exaggerated illustration, the technique of fear appeal, and the logical fallacy of unwarranted extrapolation to construct a propaganda image that will forever be marked upon history. Though propaganda is not used even half as much as it used to be, it was a successful tactic in ensuring that Americans rallied for the protection and safety of our country, and that in itself makes it a very important piece of history.
The pictures taken on 911 are all in sad and shocking mood. There is no way to make 911 happy in any way. Any picture taken from 911 is going to have a very sad and depressing mood to it. But this is the way that day should be looked at, a very sad and depressing mode.
Ask any two people if they remember where they were on 9/11 and you will receive a stunningly detailed description. However, if you ask those same two people for a detailed account of what happened that day you would receive two vastly different stories. Why is that? Well, memory is a very subjective thing. Public memory is subject to even more hazy recollections. Scholars, witness, and government officials all have different versions about the details. Often times it is artists who bring together these accounts by creating work which encourages public discussion. Two such artists are Isabelle Gardner, writer of the poem "Children Are Game " and Andy Warhol, painter of "Atomic Bomb". These two artists contribute to the collective memory of the atomic bomb by helping us grapple with its meaning. They do this by reflecting back on society the struggle of exact memory, which any society faces when dealing with such traumatic events, into their work by using cycles of memory and forgetting. Through this process Warhol and Gardner create a venue through which significant public discussion can occur about the bomb and people can discern for themselves the accuracy of the generally accepted public memory of the bomb.
First shock, then terror, followed by sorrow and lastly rage were my emotions on September 11th, 2001 when a hijacked airliner crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Tunh! Tunh! Tunh! All circuits are busy; please try again at a later time. This message kept repeating as I tried to call my cousin in New York, who was working in the South Tower. At the time the American Airlines flight 11 just moments earlier crashed into the North Tower. I sat in my house in shock and terror. Then at 9:05 am, about twenty minutes after the first collision, United Airlines flight 175 crashed into the South Tower. I began to feel the knot in my throat getting tighter and tighter until I just finally began crying. I still didn’t have any word from my cousin and when both of the buildings plummeted to the streets below, I thought for sure he was dead. When I returned home, my mother informed me that he had gotten out before the buildings went down. Turning on the television was another ordeal in itself. All of the news stations repeatedly exhibited the buildings plunging to the ground. I felt extreme sorrow for the families of those who had not made it out alive. They had to relive that horrible moment over and over again. I was also outraged. How could such an act be committed on American soil? The only way we can answer this question is to look at the terrorists who could do such an act and what possible reasons they have for doing it.
According to Christensen ' article this photo has become famous because it seems to represent the happiness of people at the end of For instance, to support her point she includes an important questioning aspect from a feminist blogger where the blogger questioning the kiss picture; Does a strong man grabbing a woman on the street in a “vise grip” and kissing her describe “wild elation, gratitude and passion”? Or does it describe a case of sexual assault? This blogger argues that people have to pay attention to other more relevant details besides romanticism that impacted a lot of gender roles and the male ideologies behind. This photograph does not capture the romantic moment that we believe it does.
So why not Lowery’s photo? It was patriotic, “perfectly serviceable… a Marine in the foreground holding a rifle… the first flag, snapping in the breeze” (Patterson) as Buell put it in his interview on CNN. But as it was well put in Coman’s article, “collective memories must have a function for society”. Rosenthal’s photo is an “complex… and unstable articulation… open to successive reconstruction by and on behalf of varied political interests, including a public interest” (Hariman, Public Identity); it was “deeply reassuring… in its display of strength and teamwork” and it communicated a push towards victory (Ben-Ghiat). Meaning that, while Lowery’s photo did capture an iconic moment in time, it did not posses the qualities that allowed it to be reconstructed on societies behalf. Simply put, it was not as powerful as the one that people are so familiar with today. Another important aspect of collective memory to consider is the fact that it is not always rainbows and sunshine, there are negatives that also come from these “available
The creation of man is told to be one of God’s greatest creation. A creation so great and precious that he made it in His own image- one without sin (Genesis 1:26-27). The occurrence of evil and suffering is greatly due to the Fall of Man. The idea of temptation is closely associated with evil because “sin is conceived in the internal stages of temptation and manifests itself in the external aspects” (Towns, 2012, p. 2). In other words, temptation is the root cause of man acting upon sin. A constructive approach on the theological definition, biblical foundation, and a practical application will be discussed throughout the paper to further elaborate and examine the Fall of Man and temptation.
The photograph allows the viewer to transport back in time and actually see the chaos that took place during the partition. This claim is well supported by the context of the image. The photograph targets a general audience and evokes pity as it highlights the corpses.