“I’ve been pulling out bodies since tuesday. I haven’t slept.”
-Robert Marrero, Brooklyn

“You’ve just gotta keep hope alive. We want to be able to at least bring closure to some families, so we keep searching.”
- Kevin Taylor, emergency services, Passaic Co., NJ.

- John Messenger, emergency services, Passaic Co., NJ.

- Jacob, laborer, Brooklyn.

“When it goes quiet, it becomes real. It’s actually surreal. Compared to Oklahoma City, this is like a nuclear blast.”
- Pete Messena, Oklahoma Co. Emergency Management, Ok.

“We’re all working as one. New York is really sticking together.”
- Ray Miranda, electrician, Howard Beach, NY.

“This is our country’s darkest hour, and yet our finest moment”
- Mike Feltham, police officer, New York

“It just hasn’t set in yet.”
- John Dubeau, firefighter, Boston, Ma.

“It’s just so big in there. There’s a lot of anger amongst the firefighters, after losing so many.”
- Sean Summers, nurse, Foxbro, Ma.

“It’s very depressing. I’ve lost thirty-four of my friends i work with.”
- Paul Mazzilli, firefighter, Brooklyn

I see these guys out here in my neighborhood every weekend without fail, just strutting their stuff. So I had to shoot them sooner or later. How can you not? It’s so cool to watch, and always draws an impromptu crowd. It’s like dancing on bikes (wait, is that the makings of a new reality show i hear you say? Good lord I hope not!). Anyway, there’s something just so poetically beautiful and organic about it. One of my favorite things to shoot is people when there in the zone, that’s why i always love shooting athletes, it’s so easy to latch onto that thing that makes a great picture. These shots and this subject matter kind of reminds me of my ‘sign spinners’ project I did a while back. What’s that you ask…. I’ll show soon.