Found Photographs--Views from the World Trade Center

Now that it's five years after 9/11 (well almost), we've seemed to have forgotten what the skyline of New York City looked like when on top of the towers.

After I watched the movie World Trade Center, I asked the buddy who I went to see it with if he'd ever seen the towers. He responded that, indeed, yes he had, and that his trip to New York City was a month before 9/11.

Being a photographer who loves found photos, I asked my bud if I could borrow the photos to scan. Just in case if you wondered found photos are photos that are obtained within the course of a daily activity such as walking on a street and finding one on the ground, or, as I did, asking about a photo and having someone lend (or give) it to you.

He gave me his album and not only did he have pictures of the towers, but also pictures of the views from the towers, views that can no longer be shot from the unique perspective from the top of the towers where, at one time, any of these photos could be had just by going up those pearls of architecture and shooting.

The photos are digital photos now cause they're in my computer ready to be tweaked digitally with Photoshop.