NYC photos taken 9/14/1 - 9/17/1
In the afternoon of the attack on NYC, I began the drive from Des Moines to New York, in order to take photos. After 500 miles and just inside Ohio, I experienced engine trouble. I turned around and returned to Des Moines. Thursday, 9/13/1, I boarded a Greyhound bus and was in NYC, 9/14/1. Police would not let non-residents South of Canal Street. Therefore, I don't have any photos of physical destruction.
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Postcards I sent to random New Yorkers
After I returned from New York, I sent 364 postcards comprised of my photographs to random New Yorkers. Most of the cards began, 'All Iowans offer our support to you and NYC.' Nearly all of the postcards featuring 'I love NY' were first setup by me and then photographed. Many of the postcards featured old New York City related stamps that I purchased from a stamp dealer and then used as regular postage. I received over forty email and standard mail responses from New Yorkers. Below are some of the images that were sent including one postcard reverse image and some responses from New York.
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Des Moines has several sections of New York Avenue. |
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In 1950, the Tall Corn (now Mid-Iowa) Council of the Boy Scouts of America, donated this miniature Statue of Liberty to the State of Iowa as part of their annual service project. I cut up that photograph and placed in on a photo of leaves that was photographed on a driveway. |
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I scraped the snow on several police cars before framing two cars together. This photo was published in the police department's newsletter. |
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Central Iowa Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall |
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Transformation of Iowa's prairie: flora, fauna, farming, housing. |
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I cut up a Future Farmers of American photo and pasted parts of it on the barn photo. |
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I glued a black and white photo over a color photo. |
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I printed the black template on a transparency and then placed it over the candy. |
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A friend standing in front of the store she manages, holding a sign I created. |
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Under my direction, community college art students and I covered over 190 windows with cardboard on the 36 story Ruan building on Valentine's Day 2002. |
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I took this photo in Winterset, Ia, where the 'Bridges of Madison Country' was filmed. The theater showed films as early as 1928 and seats 136 on the floor and 35 in the balcony. |
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I created this object for the Des Moines Symphony benefit auction. I carved 'I Love NY', sanded and oiled the top, and added the beginning of the song, 'New York, New York'. |
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I left a note on a coffee shop's bathroom blackboard that asked customers to write something about New York. |
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Iowa has four counties named for New Yorkers. 1836, Lee, NY land company |
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I asked members of the Calvary Lutheran Church for the hearing impaired to sign 'I Love NY'. |
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Iowa is a leader in corn and pork. Most of the time the piggy ran over the center of the scene, kicking corn and letters everywhere. |
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I picked these flowers from downtown Des Moines empty lots. |
New Yorkers Respond
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