Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs

Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs is a collective project initiated in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks. Conceived by Alice Rose George, Gilles Peress, Michael Shulan, and Charles Traub, the initiative sought to gather images from a wide range of perspectives, from amateur witnesses to professional photographers. The resulting volume, published by Scalo in Zurich, presents a vast assemblage of images—predominantly large-format color and black-and-white photographs—that capture the immediate impact, the human response, and the evolving atmosphere of New York City in crisis. The book serves as a significant archival document of crowdsourced photography, emphasizing a democratized view of history where personal, spontaneous, and diverse perspectives are given equal weight to traditional media narratives.