MIKE LYNAUGHPHOTOGRAPHY
Soldiers from The Old Guard unfurling a large American flag on the roof of the damaged Pentagon on September 12 2001

A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD

September 11

Before. Aftermath. Recovery. Remembrance.

September 11: A Photographic Record

For more than two decades, these photographs have remained part of my personal archive. Together they document the World Trade Center before September 11, the attack on the Pentagon and its aftermath, New York City in the months and years that followed, and the places where the nation continues to remember. This collection presents that photographic record as I witnessed it through my camera.

01 · September 11

Before September 11

Photographs of New York City and the World Trade Center before the September 11 attacks.

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View looking north toward Midtown Manhattan from top of World Trade Center South Tower on March 28, 1994Reflective vehicle surface photo of illuminated Twin Towers and Lower Manhattan skyline across Hudson River in March 1992Low-angle photography looking up at 1 and 2 World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City on March 28, 1994Daytime view of Lower Manhattan skyline and World Trade Center Twin Towers across Hudson River in March 1989Upward view of the steel trident facade architectural columns at the base of the World Trade Center on March 25, 1991Illuminated World Trade Center Twin Towers and Lower Manhattan skyline across a snow-covered park in March 1992

02 · September 11

The Pentagon — September 11 and the Aftermath

A chronological photographic record of the Pentagon from September 11, 2001 through recovery, demolition and reconstruction.

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Distant rooftop view of dark smoke rising from the Pentagon near the Washington Monument on September 11 2001Detailed photo of first responders standing on the roof of the Pentagon directly above the collapsed wall section on September 12 2001Vertical close-up of a large American flag hanging down the outer wall of the Pentagon with personnel on the roof on September 12 2001Rear view of a man and woman embracing as they look toward the softly blurred, damaged Pentagon facade in the backgroundDetailed close-up showing a sheared outer wall section of the Pentagon with exposed brickwork, dangling concrete rebar, and intact windows next to the breachA crowd of citizens watching demolition cranes and heavy machinery clearing the damaged Pentagon structure from behind a perimeter fence

03 · September 11

New York After September 11

New York City, Ground Zero and the changing Lower Manhattan skyline in the aftermath of September 11.

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A group of people viewed from behind standing along a waterfront promenade railing, gazing across the water at the Lower Manhattan skyline in October 2001."A wide panoramic photograph taken from a 20th-floor WTC Family Room window at One Liberty Plaza, looking down into the Ground Zero site toward the Hudson River in October 2008.A man in a magenta jacket holding a framed photo of loved ones against the Lower Manhattan skyline from a Jersey City waterfront promenade in October 2001.A wide harbor view showing the Statue of Liberty on the left with the completed One World Trade Center and the Lower Manhattan skyline in the background.An ultra-wide fisheye panoramic view of the North 9/11 Memorial pool surrounded by visitors, swamp white oak trees, and the rising skyscrapers of the World Trade Center site.A chain-link fence filled with American flags, flowers, handwritten notes, and badges as visitors walk past near Ground Zero in late 2001.

04 · September 11

Remembering September 11

Memorials, anniversaries and acts of remembrance in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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A night photograph of the Lower Manhattan skyline featuring two bright blue beams of light projecting vertically into the sky to represent the Twin TowersA night long-exposure photograph of the illuminated Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin with crowds holding candles on the marble stepsSecretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers placing a floral wreath on a stand next to an Army honor guard guard and a granite headstone listing 9/11 victimsAmerican Airlines Captain James C. Condes in uniform with sunglasses resting his hand on his son Christopher's shoulder in front of a floral wreath and the granite Pentagon 9/11 memorial marker at Arlington National CemeteryAn emotional photograph of actor Joe Mantegna hugging retired FDNY Captain John Vigiano from behind on stage during the 2002 National Memorial Day Concert.A close-up of a brown Shanksville firefighter jacket covered in handwritten signatures hanging on a wire fence surrounded by baseball caps, a white hard hat, a lantern, and an American flag.