Landscape with Twisted Metal

In honor of the anniversary of 9/11 I post this Joel Meyerowitz photograph, taken as part of a commission to document the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks.  Meyerowitz is best known for his careful use of color in landscape images. He's a sky and sea guy.  But this work took him out of his elements and gave the man-made destruction a needed beauty and order.  Here the twisted arc of metal in the foreground echoes the delicate curves of the Winter Garden's arched roof in the...

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Published on September 13, 2009 19:06
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