SEPTEMBER 11: Bearing Witness to History
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"They happened to be there on September 11 and they tilted their camera up..."
William Yeingst

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"Objects are witness to the fact that something did exist in the past"
Helena Wright
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"I see our collections like a tree or like a big bush"
David Shayt





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