The Devil's Face in the Smoke
Sep. 6th, 2007 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naomi_jay *This may be a sensitive subject, given the timing. I don't want to offend or upset anyone, so be warned*
On September 11 2001, just after the second aircraft hit the World Trade Centre, photographer Mark D Phillips took this photo:
It appears to show a demonic face rising from the smoke. The photo is almost certainly genuine, with no apparent doctoring having taken place - it was transmitted within 40 minutes of having been taken. There have been many sad, defining pictures taken of this tragic event, but this one seems to have captured people's imagination more than most.
Personally I find the image to be particularly haunting. 9/11 was a day that reshaped global relationships and politics. It's a day that I will always remember. I know where I was, who I was with and what I was doing when I heard the news and I think this photo captures the feeling we probably all had on that day.
So what do you make of it? Is the image genuine? If so, what does it mean? Or is it just a coincidence, given deeper import by the situation? We live in a culture where Jesus and Mother Theresa regularly make appearances in oil spills - is this any different?
On September 11 2001, just after the second aircraft hit the World Trade Centre, photographer Mark D Phillips took this photo:
It appears to show a demonic face rising from the smoke. The photo is almost certainly genuine, with no apparent doctoring having taken place - it was transmitted within 40 minutes of having been taken. There have been many sad, defining pictures taken of this tragic event, but this one seems to have captured people's imagination more than most.
Personally I find the image to be particularly haunting. 9/11 was a day that reshaped global relationships and politics. It's a day that I will always remember. I know where I was, who I was with and what I was doing when I heard the news and I think this photo captures the feeling we probably all had on that day.
So what do you make of it? Is the image genuine? If so, what does it mean? Or is it just a coincidence, given deeper import by the situation? We live in a culture where Jesus and Mother Theresa regularly make appearances in oil spills - is this any different?
