“Before history was written, it was photographed” – 25 years later, greater than 30 photographers will come collectively to speak about photographing 9/11

“Where were you on 9/11?” The reply to that query for a lot of Americans, together with myself, is that we had been watching the occasions unfold throughout our tv screens. But for photojournalists, the reply is kind of completely different: they had been watching historical past unfold from behind a digicam.

Ahead of the twenty fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist assaults, greater than 30 photographers are coming collectively to share their tales of what it was prefer to {photograph} the occasion that modified fashionable American historical past.

Projections NYC is bringing collectively the photographers, photojournalists and photograph editors who witnessed 9/11 and the occasions that adopted firsthand. For 6 days, the group will broadcast reside interviews with the photographers, starting on September 06 at 19:00 EST.

The collection has already confirmed greater than 30 photographers, together with Spencer Platt, who photographed the moment the second plane struck the World Trade Center; Steve McCurry, who photographed the towers falling from the roof of his apartment building; and Eric Draper, who was the Chief White House photographer at the time.