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Behind the Shot: The Marshall Plan

9/11 responder John Botte's fateful encounter with a rock photography legend Jim Marshall
- By Scott Alexander on September 9, 2011
John Botte was trained by professional photographers from the age of 12. “I was a cleanup boy in a dark room. At 14 I was a film loader for a commercial photographer, loading 8x10 film. These old-timers taught me theory, how to understand tonality in a negative, how to previsualize. I still develop all my own film by hand.”
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Behind the Scenes: John Botte, The 9-11 Photographs

We had the chance to speak with John about the opening of his new exhibit
- By Dan Bracaglia on September 9, 2011
We had the opportunity to check out John Botte’s “The 9-11 Photographs” exhibit before it officially opens to the public on Sunday, September 11. The exhibit contains about 20 large prints, many of which were made within the first 48 hours after the towers fell.Botte, who was a detective in the NYPD at the time, explained to me that it was rare for him to ever show up to work without his camera by his side. That infamous day was no exception.
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NYT Photog Captures Portraits Of The Workers Rebuilding The WTC

With the decade anniversary of the 9/11 attacks looming, the New York Times had staff photographer Fred R. Conrad undertake an amazing project: a series of portraits of the people working on rebuilding at the site of the attack.
- By Tim Barribeau on September 8, 2011
By now, you have probably seen many photo projects comemorating the events of September 11, 2011. While many of the intiatives focus on the brave first responders, the New York Times has put together an immense photojournalistic project of portraits of the people working at the construction site where the new One World Trade Center is being built.
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