There was no doubt that last week’s news in the U.S. would be dominated by the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Visually, the anniversary was marked by remembrance, self-assessment, and surprising notes of beauty as the country moved past the era 9/11 era, looking back and looking ahead. The world itself never stops moving of course, and photographers were on hand to capture scenes in Libya, where Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is still at large; in Pakistan, where unrest still rages; and in Nairobi, where a terrible fire destroyed a man’s family, in Reno, Nevada, where an air race turned tragic, and in San Diego, California, where America’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy came to an end with a dance. And there were the faces in the news—new faces, and new faces disguised as faces from the past, all eternally young and beautiful.
David Schonauer
