Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11

by David Friend

Book Overview

'Watching the World Change' is an altogether fresh look at 9/11 through the photographs and the photographers who brought the disaster home to us.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374299331
• ISBN13: 9780374299330
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Incredible writing

This book should become required reading for the professional photographers. It also is one of the best written books I have ever read . This author takes you with him to point you feel you are witnessing the events of 9/11 and the aftermath along with the actual people of New York. I wish I had the money to buy a copy of this book for all the people who have not yet read it.

Brilliant

This beautifully written book describes the stories behind the images of September 11th in a gripping manner, but goes much further. The genius of the book is its analysis of the ways in which select images of 9/11 have been used by the media and the government to present a specific and calculated view of terrorism and world politics. The writing is exquisite and the analysis would make Marshall McLuhan proud. A must.

Devastating

I watched the 9/11 attack on television for hours, for days. I read about it in depth. I thought I could feel no deeper sympathy for the dead, their families, even myself for witnessing it, for having it happen to my country. But this book is even more vivid. You can't read it for long. You have to put it down. You need a break from drama this awful. The emotions whip you, twist your stomach. But then you have to pick it up again because neither can you stay away from it. Unforgettable. A tremendous reading experience. Burt Boyar Los Angeles, CA

The Photos And Stories of 9-11

Mr. Friend has written a wide-ranging analysis of 9-11 through his interpretation of the photographic record. Frame by frame, he gives a mini-discourse on the meaning of each photo then and subsequent political interpretations. "Watching the World Change" is not a book one will read straight through -- not given the images. It is a volume to ponder and think upon. For further viewing, the best photographic record is "Here is New York" (2002) with its nearly 1,000 photos of 9-11 and the days to follow. No commentary is necessary for this book.

A New Look At 9/11

A compelling and unique perspective on the World Trade Center terrorist attack. At times it reads like a breathless page-turning thriller as we relive events of that terrible day. But it's the larger picture that makes this book so gripping - the stories behind the still and moving images that are indelibly etched in our collective memories of 9/11. An important and extremely well written book.