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September 11, 2001 is undoubtedly an infamous day in American history. On that day, the news was filled with nothing but reports of the World Trade Center’s twin having been attacked only 17 minutes apart; for ordinary citizens, it was terrifying. The United States had never experienced a deliberate terrorist attack like this before, and it was so significant that the government would eventually pursue Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the attack, unto death, as well as changing their airport policies.

Surely you have seen this iconic photo before. It captures the moment when President Bush was being alerted of the attacks.

As someone who was not alive at that time, being born in 2009, I was not personally there to experience the terror as my parents did. However, through documentary photography, the feelings that arose during that time have been preserved; many photographers have captured the intense turmoil of 9/11 with expert use of framing and composition that emphasizes the feelings of people at that time.

See how the towering silhouette diffuses into a mess of smoke, looming over the rest of the city. These powerful structures that citizens looked up to were now being destroyed in front of their eyes; a horrifying sight.

Here’s another (much more vivid) photo detailing the destruction of that day, as the monochrome and geometrical twin towers suddenly explode into a crazy mess of reds, oranges, and yellows with dark black smoke. It’s terrible to see, but it’s not just buildings being destroyed; families and lives were torn to pieces on that day as well.

Rather than a wide shot of the city, this depicts a ground-level perspective surrounded by people, mainly firefighters, all below this broken structure with missing windows and a caved-in roof that used to look much nicer. It gets closer to the reality that Americans were experiencing that day, that real people were standing in that building who are now dead, that the families of those people must now grieve, that thousands of people were lost to this tragedy.

This is what documentary photography helps us see.

JPEG: JPEGs are very compressed, and thus lower-quality, although this allows them to be of much smaller file size; so, you’re able to store more pictures and send them quickly. Conveniently, there are rarely any compatibility issues with JPEGs as they can be displayed on most browsers and operating systems.
HEIF: HEIFs offer similar/higher quality than JPEGs while having smaller file sizes, however, they’re not as universal and might cause issues when uploading to social media, unlike JPEGs. This file type is implemented in iPhones.
TIFF: An uncompressed, large image file type that can be useful with editing. TIFFs can be converted into JPEGs easily as well.
RAW: Information captured by the camera like white balance, exposure, contrast, etc. are stored with the picture, making photo editing much more convenient. However, they take up a significant amount of storage space and can only be opened in photo-editing software.
DNG: An image file type that was created with the purpose of providing a RAW file that’s accessible to all manufacturers/cameras. With this, it could take a lot of time to convert RAW files into DNGs.
PNG: The best image file type for internet use—relatively small file sizes, high quality, and easily displayable on browsers; their higher file size makes them take more space than JPEGs. They can also support transparency.
GIF: GIFs can only support 256 colors in one photo, basically being more useful for images with limited color palettes rather than photos. On the other hand, they can have animation.
BMP: BMPs save the individual color data of each pixel compressionlessly. While this is useful for printing, it’s not as convenient for social media sharing.
PSD: Edits can be stored using layers rather than the image itself, making it ideal for Photoshop editing. They will have much larger file sizes, though.

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I’m Marlee Galiano I know there are other Marlees but we are not the same….. my favorite color is orange because it’s the same color as Pencil from BFDI who is the best charcater ever🧡🧡, and speaking of, I would like to time-travel back to January 1st 2010 to see the first BFDI episode on the day it was posted. As for my favorite food, I guess I would say mac and cheese.

When I grow up I want to be rich, I don’t necessarily care how…..On karaoke night I would sing this song because Leo/need is the best band 4ever💙🩵💛❤️💚

As a super-hero I would want fire powers because it’s funny to set people on fire but it can be useful in everyday life too; convenience is nice. So, I think a perfect Saturday would be one without any work to do

If I could have a wild animal as a pet I would choose a shark since they’re so cute. I’d also like to go to Taiwan again since I haven’t been there in a while, and it feels more interesting and refreshing than being in the US. byeeee