Russell Guerrero

210-999-8406

rguerrer@trinity.edu

Art From Unspeakable Tragedy:  Photographer to Show Work from Ground Zero In New York City

Feb. 27, 2003 ­ Joel Meyerowitz, an award-winning photographer whose camera caught the profound imagery inside Ground Zero after Sept. 11, will show some of his work in a presentation titled “Inside the Forbidden City: 8 Months Photographing Ground Zero.”  The event, part of Trinity University’s Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, in the Chapman Center Auditorium.  The event is free and open to the public. Days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Mr. Meyerowitz began his efforts to document activity in the area now known as Ground Zero. With help from a New York City arson detective, he was eventually allowed unimpeded access to the site and was the only photographer able to document the recovery, demolition, and excavation inside Ground Zero. Although his work remains an important documentation of the aftermath of Sept.11, Mr. Meyerowitz’s photographs have turned out to be much more. His photographs have been praised for their artistic and even transcendent quality.  The U.S. State Department selected 27 of his photographs for a world-wide traveling exhibition. Before Sept. 11, Mr. Meyerowitz was known for his large format color landscape work and his “street photography,” in the tradition of Cartier Bresson and Robert Frank.  His first book, Cape Light, is considered a classic work of color photography.     For more information call Trinity’s department of art and art history at (210) 999-7216.

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