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NINE ELEVEN Seventy-two
hours after the World Trade Center towers fell and took a piece of America's
heart with them, photojournalism students and faculty from Western Kentucky
University felt compelled to go to New York City and tell this story
of tragedy, triumph and hope. Within two hours after airplanes struck the towers, students had hurriedly packed their clothes and photography gear into cars and were headed north. It was a long journey. They were just sure they needed to be there. In all, close to 40 students would travel to New York City and Washington, D.C. in the hours and days that followed the attack. Two teachers joined them. Those who travelled to New York City found a different story than what they saw before they left Bowling Green. By the time they arrived, the story was no longer about burning buildings and twisted metal. The story was about the people who worked there. The story was about the people who were trying to save them. The story was about the pain suffered by bereaved loved ones left behind and the incredible will to find hope in the face of their losses. We brought thousands of images back home to Bowling Green. Over 12 hours of audio was recorded. From these images and audio we produced a 14-minute multi-media program and a 35-print photography exhibition in order to share our story with the community. This work is the exhibition of our labor of love bourne from an act of hate. Following the events of September 11, many Americans wanted to help the victims of this tragedy in some way. Western's photojournalism program responded in the best way it could - by telling the story. James
H. Kenney |
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Western Kentucky University School Of Journalism and Broadcasting: James Kenney The Kentucky Museum |
A special 14- minute presentation of New York: A City Searching for Hope is available on video cassette or CD. Donations support the Photojournalism Scholarshp Fund. |
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