About the Author

Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed American photographer and long-time photojournalist. From 1994 until 1998, he was Life magazine’s staff photographer, the first one in 23 years.

His most well-known series is Faces of Ground Zero—Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th, a collection of 246 Giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby C Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after 9/11. A large group of these historic, compelling, life-size (9×4′) photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002, seen by almost a million people. The sale of 55,000 copies of the exhibit book, printed by Life, was part of an effort that raised over $2 million for the 9/11 relief effort. This collection is considered ...

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