Wakes

Sorry, flash is not available.

Wakes

Gilles Peress

September was already a dark month for New Yorkers. Then the bull market died. Gilles Peress attended the memorials at the World Trade Center and at Wall Street.

>> Watch Magnum's Special Edition Insight America on the eve of the election

Post a comment

Read comments

The pace is way too fast. I think there was only one long pause on an image and some of the images really demand a deeper look. Also, I feel that the video was about 3 minutes too long and there needed to be some serious editing of the images. This is kind of nit-picking but the font wasn't serious enough for the serious parts or funny/quirky enough for the funny/quirky parts. Most of all, there wasn't a sense of narrative. I don't feel like there was a transition from 9/11 to Wall street. disappointed....

Comment posted by Michael (not verified) on October 30th, 2008

BUT ,i really like the WAKES! thanks a lot Gilles i has a question : why we are in this world if we have to follow the things which have been found before? however i admire it ... thanks again.

Comment posted by Ali (not verified) on October 29th, 2008

I totally agree with Luka. I love this website for the great photos and the talented photographers. I personally rahter photo-essays than a mix of video and photos.

Comment posted by Ramin (not verified) on October 29th, 2008

After reading some of the comments posted, I find that some people simply do not get the point of the essay. The connection between 9/11 and the events unfolding today with the economy are present and clear. On 9/11, the intent was not only to terrorize the American nation but to force the collapse of our economic system, it may have taken seven years for the affects to take place, but we could ask ourselves, did Bin Laden succeed?

Comment posted by Jose Vazquez (not verified) on October 28th, 2008

Its too fast moving. For me a still image is about capturing a moment in time and the viewer can take their time experiencing it. I don't mind multimedia but in this case it's too fast and becomes a documentary film as opposed a series of still images enhanced by sound and motion.

Comment posted by Luka (not verified) on October 23rd, 2008

Wall Street bankers just aren't that interesting visually. This is no an inherently visual subject. (And there appears to have been no editing of the images.) The visual medium does not capture any of what is going on. Moreover, what is the connection you are making to 9/11? The site calls this an "essay" but there is no journalism or intellectual insight connecting the two events. This essay is way beneath the standards I expect of Magnum.

Comment posted by Joshua Marston (not verified) on October 21st, 2008

fantastic and moving.

Comment posted by yolanda Cuomo (not verified) on October 16th, 2008