I understand that some people below were shocked at finding the photo of a severed leg in this collection. They all promptly seem to have demoted the book's worth to a single star. That doesn't seem an appropriate response to me. The book is almost 1000 pages long and there's a single photo showing what was unfortunately a very common site that day. I'm not suggesting that the publishers should have added more gory photos to the book. I'm saying that an honest portrayal of September 11th shouldn't shy away from accurately depicting the real horror of the event. What happened that day was horrendous, the acts, despicable, so let's not try to whitewash what happened by requesting a G-rated depiction.

This book is stunning in the literal not the sensationalistic sense of the word. I read it cover to cover the day I got it and was provoked to remember the day (as we sometimes need to) all over again. As others have pointed out, this is not a sensationalist tome at all. No captions accompany the photo, neither are the names of photographers provided with each photo. No, the focus is entirely on the subject matter.

If you don't want to remember, don't pick this book up. I'd argue, however, that for the sake of our children and our society, we all need to remember this event and remember it well.

There are now many books about the attacks on 9/11, many of them commemorative photo books, but if you are thinking about which one or two ought to be in your library, HERE IS NEW YORK is one you must have. The experience of seeing this storefront exhibition (which the book represents) was endlessly fascinating and moving. Thousands of photos were solicited by both amateur and professional photographers, and all were tacked up in seemingly random order all over the walls of a small shop. These charted the World Trade Center from its glory as a New York City landmark through the aftermath of the attacks. Virtually every photo was evocative, many were beautiful, and when taken together they created a staggering portrait of that day and those that immediately followed. Many experiences and points of view are represented. To enter this exhibit was an amazing experience, and when it was housed in a storefront on Sixth Avenue off Bryant Park in Manhattan, I found myself drawn there again and again. This book can't exactly recreate that experience, but it does come close to recreating the slide show that appeared on plasma screens in the exhibit, which invariably transfixed dozens of visitors at a time. To characterize the experience of thumbing through this book (even in the hurly burly of a bookstore) as riveting, moving, human is not really enough. It struck this New Yorker as an important and definitive document and one well worth having.

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As someone who worked in the NYC financial district, my memories of September 11 are largely from ground level; this book's photos capture that ground level perspective, as well as the human loss we all experienced in the coming days by hearing all the stories of the missing and the distress of the families and friends who lost loved ones. All the efforts at finding the right words have sounded flat to me, and I'm glad this volume is largely without words.

This is a very human and respectful book. Some have balked at a graphic photo of a severed leg, understandably, but I'm not sure that that image is any more raw than the sense of loss you feel when seeing page after page of people hanging on to shreds of hope, forcing back the dawning reality that their loved ones are gone.

This is a tremendous effort, solemnly packaged, and simply unrelenting.

I picked up this book while traveling in Atlanta Georgia and finished it in a couple of days. I couldn't put it down; the stories were so engaging.

I don't often read short stories; they don't give me enough time to get to know the author's style. These short stories are are different. They pulled me in and I couldn't get enough. I highly recommend this one!

This book is a collection of short-stories accompanied by photograps of the suburban south. It is a very enjoyable read and explores issues such as what is it like to live in the south in the modern era. It was refreshing to read a book that had the viewpoint of many modern southern writers. The accompanying photographs help bring the stories to life. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who wants to gain insight as to what life is presently like in the suberban south.

I'm sure the editors and publishers of this book thought that this was such a unique idea for a photography book! Well, please let these young folks mature a bit and then see what kind of work they can be produced. What will they be doing at age 30? I'll bet most won't be photographers. For the most part there are few pleasant surprises and alot of perdictability. The sad truth is that there are many worthy photographers, with mature work, original ideas and a singular voice who will never have a book published. Why not "25 and Up"!

Great idea for a book, however... sometimes I wonder about what photography schools are teaching people these days.... It seems like people get so caught up with the "latest trick" in photography(ie: computer manipulation...etc..) that it's hard to tell if what they are creating is from the heart. After looking through 25 and Under, I felt a lack of authentic expression. I would love to see another version of the book published with some representation of artists whom have not neccissarily attended the best photo schools in America.

Anyone but everyone who is in advertising, design, editorial should have a copy of this book on their desk. Take a cool look and tell me youth and imagry is dead. How often do I see the same old names used in my agency. How often do we condem youth to doing crap?