Miscellaneous Papers
date: label: Date made
content: 2001-09-11
label: date made
content: 2002
name: label: maker
content: Agou, Christopher
notes: label: Description
content: Christophe Agou was originally born in France in 1969, but moved to New York City in 1992, working primarily on documenting daily life. Prior to September 11, he “had never photographed anything that [one] would call ‘news’” (“Seeing is not believing…’, Christophe Agou). Agou arrived at Ground Zero after both planes had hit, and photographed mainly from the World Financial Center Building. Agou is still living in New York working as a free lance photographer, documenting daily life.
label: Description
content: Christophe Agou’s photograph documents not only the World Trade Center remnants and their debris, but also the ephemera from the towers. This photograph focuses on a photograph of two children at a wedding, with other financial documents, and a poster of the American Flag are scattered around it. On these once white documents, one can taste a sample of the ash and debris that covered the surrounding areas. The condition of these documents speaks for the condition of their surroundings: damaged beyond apparent repair.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Terrorism
label: Subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0363.03
label: accession number
content: 2002.0363
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0363.01-.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 22 cm; 13 in x 8 11/16 in