The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
The Lens: Capturing Life and Events at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is a photography series devoted to documenting moments big and small that unfold at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.
The View: Flowers, flags, photographs, keepsakes and other various tributes are left at the 9/11 Memorial by visitors every day. In this photo, a single yellow rose was placed on the bronze parapet which bears the names of the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks. Each night, tributes are collected by the 9/11 Memorial Museum staff and a small selection of these items are kept as part of the permanent collection of the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
In the uncertain hours immediately following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration halted all commercial and general aviation air traffic, clearing the airspace of an estimated 4,500 planes.
The recent death of artist Fritz Koenig (1924-2017) has generated many posthumous tributes. Mine flows from a memorable visit with the artist at his home and studio in the farming community of Ganslberg, 38 miles northeast of Munich.