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After 9/11, pollution in the air was evident and safety was not prioritized over the economy. Many have suffered. Pollution is a cause of casualty whether from war, environmental disaster, or corporate negligence. Pollution feels invisible but its impacts are real. What they knew: bit.ly/3VJP1QF

A photograph of a view from between two skyscrapers over the trees of Zuccotti Park towards the World Trade Center one week after 9/11. Two flagpoles with American flags lowered to half-staff are seen at the center of the image with the remaining standing structure of the South Tower slightly visible behind them. A yellow crane is positioned at the Ground Zero site. The sky looks grey and creates a fog in front of Two World Financial Center (225 Liberty); the building with the domed top in the background. As the photo was taken with a disposable film camera, the date of capture is displayed on the lower right-hand-side of the image in red numbers: 9 18 '01.

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The same corner at Nassau and Cedar streets over 25 years later. #documentary #photography World Trade Center, New York. September 21, 2026.

A photograph from the corner of Nassau and Cedar streets looking down towards the World Trade Center Memorial site 25 years after 9/11. The area is more bustling with people, the sky in the background is blue, and the American flag is fully raised in the center of the image behind the "Joie de Vivre" steel beam art piece by Mark di Suvero and in front of Zuccotti Park trees. The 140 Broadway entrance on the right-hand-side is slightly modernized and there is still a tree in a planter out front.

A photo taken as a high school student with a disposable film camera one week after 9/11. The remaining structure of the South Tower still stands in the background. Consequences, we now know, are forthcoming for those pictured returning to work. World Trade Center, New York. September 18, 2001.

A photograph from behind bike rack barricades on the corner of Nassau and Cedar streets looking down towards the World Trade Center seven days after 9/11. In the left-center of the image, an American flag is lowered to half-staff. In the right-center, the remaining structure of the South Tower can be seen still standing. The sky is grey and two women can be seen dressed for work walking towards the entrance of 140 Broadway. A man, potentially a maintenance worker, is seen standing in front of a tree nearby a yellow garbage receptacle on the lower left-hand-side of the image without any a mask or any PPE.

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The World Trade Center Memorial today as viewed from the same vantage point of the first image of the thread. #photography #architecture Winter Garden, New York. September 21, 2026.

A photograph taken from inside the Winter Garden atrium building looking out at the World Trade Center Memorial site. Glass panes are in view with the words "Brookfield Place" affixed to the outside. Green trees obscure the West Side Highway but a few cars can be seen moving past, along with a city bus and commercial truck in foreground. The white wings of the Oculus bird-shaped transit hub can be seen in the background along with the blast-proof base of the new One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) on the left-hand-side of the image.

In December 2002, an exhibit that lasted for several weeks presented models of potential plans for the World Trade Center site that were submitted by architecture firms to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. #photography #architecture Winter Garden, New York. January 9, 2003.

A photograph of an architectural model submitted by the firm THINK. The memorial element features two transparent lattice structures in the exact shape of the twin towers inspired by the Eiffel Tower. This plan was the runner up to the winning design by Studio Daniel Libeskind.

This was another submission by the THINK architecture firm. The model shows two glass-enclosed cylinders as the memorial and a weird cone-shaped tower as a commercial building and concert hall. According to New York Magazine, this design would have collected rainwater (much needed in NYC), and produced solar energy.

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A place awaiting a plan. #photography #architecture Future World Trade Center Memorial, New York. February 01, 2003.

A photograph of the cleared but empty World Trade Center site, with a few pieces of construction equipment in view, including a crane. A few cars are passing by on the big highway in front. The red sign of the Century 21 department store can be seen in the far background on the right-hand-side of the image. The viewpoint of the site is from slightly above as it was taken from the second floor of the glass Winter Garden building across the street.

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The view down West Street across from the World Trade Center Memorial site. Yes, the lanes have been widened over two decades — but maybe a little evidence of congestion pricing working, huh? #architecture #photography Left: September 21, 2026. Right: February 01, 2003.

A photograph of a few cars, including yellow taxi cabs, waiting at a traffic light on a wide highway with green trees on either side. A pedestrian bridge walkway hovers over the street and a mix of old and modern skyscrapers stand in the background, including one that is still being built.

A film photograph of a wide avenue with car lanes going in both directions. Cars in shapes of older models are paused close together as they wait for traffic to move. Several buildings in the background that require repair or construction are covered with a black protective fabric, likely to keep anything from falling on pedestrians. There are no trees in view but the same pedestrian bridge crosses over the span of the road leading into a construction site at the World Trade Center. A giant billboard of an American flag shaped in a heart with the Statue of Liberty pictured in front reads, "The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart." The billboard was placed there after 9/11.

Then and now for the 25th Anniversary. #sculpture "The Sphere" was commissioned by the Port Authority and stood in the plaza between the Twin Towers from 1972. It was created by German artist Fritz Koenig as a symbol of world peace. It was recovered from the rubble after 9/11 and remains on view.

A film photograph of a bonze spherical sculpture at a temporary memorial site in Battery Park with buildings from Lower Manhattan in the background along with bare winter trees. An eternal flame flickers in front of the sculpture surrounded by stones on the ground. The sculpture remained at this site from 2002-2017. This photograph was taken on February 1, 2003.

The bronze Sphere sculpture at its permanent home in the elevated Liberty Park, which overlooks the World Trade Center Memorial site in New York City. The sun is slightly reflecting off the damaged bronze plates of the sphere and it is surrounded by green trees. A small group of people are standing in front of it with their backs to the camera reading its sign and talking about the sculpture. This photograph was taken on September 21, 2026.

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Neighborhood tribute. #photography WTC Memorial Lights, New York. September 11, 2023

A photograph from below of the Tribute in Light. Two large blue streams of light rise above two apartment buildings at night in Lower Manhattan to represent the former Twin Towers.

"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and when the time comes to let it go, to let it go." ~ Mary Oliver, 1983. WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2023.

A woman's aged hands places a ballon with the words, "Miss You!" printed on it at the World Trade Center memorial. Handwritten messages from multiple people are also on the balloon in black ink.

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Documenting little moments over the years is a therapeutic practice. #icm WTC Memorial, New York. Left: September 11, 2024 Right: September 11, 2026

A photograph of the NYC skyline at night featuring the Tribute in Light for 9/11. Created with in camera motion.

Gold balloon numbers reading "25" hovering over a bed of red and white roses at the World Trade Center Memorial for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11.

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"In my Autumn garden I was fain To mourn among my scattered roses; Alas for that last rosebud which uncloses To Autumn's languid sun and rain When all the world is on the wane." ~ Christina Rossetti, 1904. #photography WTC Memorial, New York. Left: September 11, 2020 Right: September 11, 2026

A photograph of long-stemmed roses and other flowers in reds, oranges and pinks placed upright inside the carved names on the 9/11 Memorial. The perspective makes a number of the flowers appear taller than the green trees on the far side of the reflecting pool. The glass Winter Garden building reflects the sun in the background.

A photograph of a man in a blue 9/11 Memorial & Museum vest and white cap that has "Volunteer" embroidered on the back. His back is towards the camera as he looks forward at a floral wreath of red, white and blue flowers placed at the Memorial site with a white sash featuring hand written words only partially in view. What we can read says "25 Years." Green trees make up a majority of the background.

Beauty can still be found on dark days. 🌸 #documentary #photography #vintagelens WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2022.

A photograph of a young woman wearing a black wide-brimmed hat planting a wild garden in the inscribed names of the World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial.

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On a quieter, rainy day of observance, an artist planted a wild garden in remembrance. #eastcoastkin #fujifilm #vintagelens WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2022.

A photograph of a young woman wearing a black wide-brimmed hat holds brown parchment paper used to wrap various flowers and bristly foxtail stems as she plants a wild garden in the inscribed names of the World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial.

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Touching. 🥀 #documentary #photography WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2022

A photograph of a man in a rain jacket looking out into a reflecting pool at the World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial while holding his daughter. The young girl in a red shirt and blue shorts is leaning over flowers and clearing raindrops off the ledge of inscribed names with her hand.

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Salute. #documentaryphotography WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2021

A black and white photo of FDNY and military officials raising the American flag on the roof of the firehouse right next to the World Trade Center Memorial site. Police officers are in foreground looking up at the ceremony.

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🕊️ WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2022.

A black and white photograph of a cluster of American flags on the FDNY side of the 9/11 memorial.

A small photograph of a fallen firefighter is propped up against an American flag in the rain at the World Trade Center Memorial.

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Jersey City firefighters. #documentary #photography WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2021.

Two men with Jersey City firefighter patches on their sleeves dressed in kilts and carrying instruments are surrounded by a crowd. The man in the foreground is smiling while carrying bagpipes with an American flag hanging off of them. The man in the background is equipped with a drum.

Sparkles in darkness. #photography WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2026.

A black and white photograph of one of the two reflecting pools where the Twin Towers used to be at the World Trade Center. Trees surround its perimeter. The sunlight sparkles very dramatically off of the water in the pool.

Portraits. #monochrome WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2021.

A black and white portrait of a U.S. servicewoman in a dress uniform and garrison cap facing towards the camera. The sunlight shining through multiple trees creates a beam of light across her face.

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Layers of grief: A memorial visit during a global pandemic. #photography WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2020.

Two women gaze at flowers placed at the World Trade Center memorial site during the height of the pandemic. The majority of the image is in black & white while the blue of the medical masks they wear is featured in color.

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FDNY. #eastcoastkin WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2021.

A black & white photograph of two men in dress uniforms with patches on their shoulders facing away from the camera. One man has his arm around the other.

A detail shot of the decorative pins on the jacket lapels of an FDNY retiree.

Perhaps a bird of peace. #documentary #photography WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2026.

A blue origami bird is set inside a letter of a carved name on a memorial at the World Trade Center site.

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Reflection. #monochrome WTC Memorial, New York. September 11, 2021.

A man in a military uniform with a white brimmed hat peers into a reflecting pool at the World Trade Center memorial site on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11.

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Hard to believe it's been twenty-five years. #photography World Trade Center Memorial, New York. September 11, 2020.

A black and white image of roses with long stems placed in the names carved into one of the two World Trade Center memorial fountains.

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 18/09/2026

The play "Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library" is in town, Off Broadway, at 59E59 Theaters. It's based on the arrest of philosopher Hannah Arendt in 1930s Berlin for the crime of political activism. The show reminds what political project the targeting of activists & intellectuals serves.

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Last photo of the night. #streetportrait #eastcoastkin #photography Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

Two young women pose for the camera in their Knicks NBA Finals gear in front of the fence around Bryant Park.

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Knicks Queen. #fashionsky #streetfashion #portrait Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

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Basketball Fashions. #streetportrait #streetstyle #candidphoto Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

A photograph of a young woman wearing an orange feather boa over her blue Knicks jersey while walking in the crowded celebrations in Manhattan.

Championship celebrations. #knicks #nba #streetphotography #eastcoastkin Herald Square, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

A photo of two men in the middle of the street in a large crowd clasping hands, laughing, and chanting. One is wearing a blue Knicks jersey and the other is wearing a more baseball style jersey representing the Dominican Republic.

Knicks Fever. #streetstyle #streetphotography #summer Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

A photograph of a woman walking in a large crowd wearing a blue Knicks cap over an orange bandana. Her eyes are caught closed as she presses through the packed crowd and the humid heat.

A Night for the Ages. 🏀 Knicks in Five. #streetphotography #danceparty #nyc Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

A group of young people of diverse backgrounds dancing and celebrating after the Knicks won the NBA Finals.

Revelers. #streetportrait #newyorkknicks Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

Two men standing on top of a car celebrating a long awaited Knicks championship. Both have blue Knicks shirts with one man wearing the shirt half off around his neck. A champagne bottle is being waved around while the Empire State Building shines in the background in orange and blue.

The Empire State Celebrates. #photography #eastcoastkin #nyc Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

A group of men stand on top of a vehicle in Midtown Manhattan while cheering and celebrating the NBA Finals result. A Jalen Brunson jersey and a blue t-shirt that reads, "Eat Sleep Basketball" can be seen in clear view. The Empire State Building shines in the Knicks' orange and blue colors in the night sky behind the men.

Kicks fans celebrate. #photography Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Early June 14, 2026.

A photo of two men sitting on top of a car. One man wearing a "Captain Clutch" t-shirt and Knicks chain grabs the hand of a man standing in front of him in celebration.

Linsanity lives. #nba #basketball #streetphotography West Village, Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A man with his girlfriend next to a food cart on the street. His back is to the camera so we can see former Knicks star Jeremy Lin's name and number 17 on his jersey.

Party in the streets. #knicks #urbanphotography #nbafinals West Village, Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

People crowd the streets and climb the lampposts in front of the IFC Center in the West Village after the Knicks win the championship.

Holding onto every moment. #nbafinals #knicks #photography #street West Village, Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A man walking on the street holds up a custom t-shirt printed with a photo of a Mitchell Robinson dunk.

NYC. 💙🧡 #streetphotography #eastcoastkin #knicks West Village, Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A man and a woman wearing Knicks gear and draped in a Knicks flag celebrate euphorically in the packed streets after the decisive Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

Pandemonium after Game Five. #photography #citylife West 4th Street Courts. Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A photograph of a group of men in the distance climbing up the pole of a basketball hoop while other people celebrate below inside the lit basketball court at night after the Knicks won the NBA Finals.

Happiness. #knicks #fujifilm #eastcoastkin West 4th Street Courts. Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A woman in a black New York Knicks t-shirt enthusiastically poses for the camera while smiling and holding up a beer can in celebration.

Knicks in five. We outsiiiide. #streetphotography #basketball #fujifilm West 4th Street Courts. Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

Three men wearing Knicks merch smile and laugh while the one closest to the camera holds up five fingers.

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Frenzy. Knicks win. #photography #sports West 4th Street Courts. Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A young man in a white t-shirt and black shorts with long white socks and black slides climbs up on a basketball hoop while friends grab his dangling foot from below shortly after the New York Knicks win the NBA Finals.

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Joy. #knicks #photography West 4th Street Courts. Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

Two men hugging with emotion while a third smiles in the background wearing New York Knicks colors and merch.

The New York Knicks win the NBA Finals. #documentaryphotography West 4th Street Courts. Manhattan, New York. June 13, 2026.

A photograph of a group of young men and women with their backs to the camera raising their arms in joy.