That wasn’t moments after the plane hit. Given the smoke, they had time to arrange that shot.
I don’t know the situation, but at worst it comes across as crass. Perhaps they were going for a “solemn” look, but it has more of an “artistic” look. Not that it’s a particularly good composition…
TBF the culture around taking photos was very different before smartphones. It looks really bad by 2025 standards because we’re used to taking a dozen pictures of our faces in front of every tourist attraction, but in 2001 selfies weren’t a thing, she’s just taking a picture of a remarkable event
That wasn’t moments after the plane hit. Given the smoke, they had time to arrange that shot.
I don’t know the situation, but at worst it comes across as crass. Perhaps they were going for a “solemn” look, but it has more of an “artistic” look. Not that it’s a particularly good composition…
TBF the culture around taking photos was very different before smartphones. It looks really bad by 2025 standards because we’re used to taking a dozen pictures of our faces in front of every tourist attraction, but in 2001 selfies weren’t a thing, she’s just taking a picture of a remarkable event