Homage...

Eleven years ago, Judy and I visited ground zero in Manhattan, two months after the devastation. There were scores of trucks loaded with giant twisted girders heading out of the city and, in the dusky light, the giant scar was a scene from hell, light up by searchlights and beacons.
I created this composite image a few months later, using some photographs of sculpted doves that I had found in the cloisters of Iona Abbey. I imagined them set on the side of one of the surviving buildings at ground zero as an homage to all those who had been murdered.

Today, our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those impacted by those events and, in particular, to the spirit of regeneration that is in the air.

Nicholas

Shortly after 9/11, Nicholas and I visited Grosvenor Square in London, the location of the American Consulate. The outpouring of support, affection and sympathy was extraordinary. 

Nicholas combined some of those images, along with photos of Manhattan in November of 2011, into photographic montages.

Here is another of my favourites.

The British population reflected the generous outpouring of care shown for Americans and all those who were killed in the attack on the World Trade Center.

As we look back, 11 years later, may we never forget the events, may we never forget our shared humanity.

Judy