We cannot think of September 2001 without remembering the images and details of the terrorist attack in New York and Washington. This photo, accordingly, may be taken as an allegory of America after the attack. In what ways could this photo serve as an allegory of American pluralism, mixed community, and imaginative response? In what ways could it stand as an expression of American vulnerability, confusion, and despair? Could the photo stand for both simultaneously? Would ambiguity lend it power? Use the Internet to explore other visual representations of New York in relation to September 11, 2001. What allegories to these images encode, especially as compared to Fusco's Photograph?
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