The World Trade Center Remembered Paperback by Sonja Bullaty; Angelo Lomeo

Product Details

• Publisher: Abbeville Publishing Group (2001-11-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 108 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780789207647
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

A stirring photographic tribute to the World Trade Center towers, which were the icons of the New York City skyline.

Rising dramatically above all other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were lodestars, Manhattan's local mountains. Nearly a decade after the dark events of 9/11, New Yorkers continue to come to terms with the tragedy, and to reminisce about the views of the Towers they once had from their homes and offices. Visitors, too, are remembering how the WTC looked as they approached Manhattan by car, plane, or from the water. As we mourn for the terrible loss of life, we also want to remember. The 72 images of the World Trade Center presented in this book depict a New York we once knew, one we are now working to rebuild.

For more than two decades, practically since the Twin Towers were erected, Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo have been photographing these awesome buildings. The pictures featured here portray the WTC from all directions, starting with views from the east at dawn, and ending with evening views from the west. There are captivating panoramas from Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, New Jersey, and uptown, taken in all seasons, as well as a section showing the grand Plaza at the center of the buildings. Together, they create an unforgettable portrait of the Twin Towers.

Introducing this extraordinary collection of photographs, Paul Goldberger's text evokes the Towers and the city they came to symbolize. He recalls how they evolved in the public mind, targets of criticism to beloved American icons. He explains their architectural significance and explores their visceral meaning to New Yorkers.

In contrast to books depicting the disaster and the days following it, this photographic memoir will be welcomed by all of us—New Yorkers and visitors alike—who yearn to remember the way the city was. A portion of the book's proceeds are donated to the Twin Towers Scholarship Program care of Scholarship America.

About the Author

Sonja Bullaty was a photographer noted for lyrical composition and startling use of color and light in a vast body of work created during a five-decade collaboration with her husband, Angelo Lomeo. Their photographs appeared in Life, Time and Audubon magazines and have been exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography and George Eastman House in Rochester.

Angelo Lomeo was born in New York City. He studied industrial art but soon turned to photography full time. He has traveled widely on assignment, in this country and abroad. His personal photography often involves the themes of the Human Presence in Nature, The Use of the Land, The Transience of Things, The Perfection of Nature's Design, and Abstraction.

New Yorker writer Paul Goldberger lives in New York City.