Joe, I haven't heard of this before and hope you find links to the photos. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > 9/11 - a man and his wife who were in their apartment several blocks from the > twin towers, started filming shortly after the first plane hit the towers. > The woman had a Sony Hi-8 camera, and many of you have already seen some of > her footage in the reportage of the event over the past ten years. The man, > who had been asleep when she woke him up, cleared his head and picked up his > Pentax 67. > > Tonight on a program on the Smithsonian called "9/11 Stories in Fragments" > they tell a story of all the events that we know so well that day tying them > together with objects that the Smithsonian collected themselves. For the most > part, the objects were donated by the people involved, or their family. > Included were the Sony video camera, and the Pentax 67. Shown on the program > were a series of B&W images taken with the Pentax which were striking, in > that they were taken rapidly as the first tower (#2) fell. Every small piece > of the building as they flew through the air was sharp as a tack, frozen for > inspection later by us. > > It was only recently that they showed the stills he took that day with his > camera. Many more rolls were run through the camera that day, almost all > color. This photographer put them away after 9/11, in a closet, not wanting > to spend time looking at them, understandably. It is only recently that his > prints were asked for and then donated to the Smithsonian. They, along with > his Pentax and her Sony, will be part of a permanent collection to be rotated > in and out of display. > > He must have bought another 67, as the program showed him shooting from the > roof of their apartment towards the new tower rising (finally) on the site. > > And just to keep our collective heads from exploding with pride, the > collection will also include the bunker gear worn by the charactor "Tommy > Gantin" as donated by actor Dennis Leary and the director of the program > "Rescue Me", Peter Tolan. > > I'll see if any of these shots are available online in the meantime. > > I keep in mind that I may be the last one to know about this, leaving me > talking to a bored void! > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” > –Lewis Hine > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
