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This photo was taken just outside of the main part of New York City on the 11th September 2001. The photo is of the infamous attack on the world trade centre in which suicide bombers crashed planes into the two buildings. This devastating event shocked the world all over. Many pictures were taken, some shocking others tragic, however one seems to stand out more than the others. This photo, taken by German photographer ‘Thomas Hoepker’, proved to be highly controversial and was actually banned by the photographer for several years.

The twin towers themselves are no longer standing in the photo; this shows that it has been a few hours since to event happened. In the foreground of the image (the towers are in the background) there are five people. The first thing that strikes me as odd in this image is that not one of these people seem to be concerned or worried about what is going on behind them, instead they seem to be causally chatting in the warm sun just like what many people would do on any other normal day. At closer inspection of the image it appears that one of them, the woman in the middle, is smiling. She also seems to be laid back, almost like she is sunbathing, this adds to the idea that they don’t care about what is happening. …show more content…
The sun is reflecting off the water, there are two big trees that have been planted either side of a nice viewing point of the city. These five people are all sat in a circle; one person has their bike while another seems to have brought a chair. It looks as if it is very warm and sunny as the shadows are thick and the image is bright. However this is not a normal day and so it appears that they are really inconsiderate about what is going

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