Monday, 12 September 2011

September 11, 2001: The Fringe






All Photos © 2011 Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights Reserved
For those who have no press passes, access to Ground Zero was prohibited yesterday. Nonetheless, the areas around it did provide opportunities for good street photography.  Naturally, any event of such a magnitude brings along the fringe...the conspiracy theorists,  the government haters, the religious minded...and the Obama supporters.

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