BROTHERHOOD, Frank McCourt, Rudolph Giuliani, Thomas Von Essen, 2001
On September 11, 2001, 343 New York City firefighters perished in the inferno and rubble of the World Trade Center.
Each one sacrificed his life in an attempt to save others; each one is the truest and purest example of a hero we will ever know.
Brotherhood offers a moving photographic testament to those brave and honorable men, highlighting every engine, ladder, and battalion that lost its brother on that fateful, terrible day.
Poignant and stirring images--by Albert Watson, Mary Ellen Mark, Mark Seliger, Christian Wittkin, Mark Borthwick, and more than 50 other New York photographers--depict the places where those firefighters worked, the grieving survivors, and the outpouring of gratitude and love from New Yorkers, Americans, and friends from all over the world.
Across the bottom of the pages and on the endpapers, in glowing silver, are the names, division, and battalion of each and every one of the dead.
Here is New York at both its most catastrophic and its finest hour, when people selflessly reached new heights of compassion and revealed an indomitable spirit.
The city's sights, textures, faces, places, and the infinite variety of its neighborhoods all shine forth with a radiant beauty and sadness. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose strength and dignity helped unite and heal New York, Fire Chief Thomas Von Essen, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Frank McCourt contribute their deeply felt reflections about this shattering, infamous day.
But, most of all, each heartbreaking picture - of firehouses, the multitudes of flowers and thank-you notes left by grateful citizens, the suffering faces of those who must go on - will stay with you forever.
Organized by American Express and Ogilvy & Mather, with much of the printing and binding done at cost, the profits of this unforgettable five-color homage will be donated to the New York Firefighters 911 Relief Fund.
11" x 13 1/2", 220 pages, hundreds of photos, hardcover, ISBN: 0-916103-73-0, BB5450 / $16.95