Photo of the McNally Installation inside the Museum, the introduction text and several portraits are visible down a cement hall
Photograph by David E. Starke

Faces of Ground Zero: Photographs by Joe McNally

Now On View

Faces of Ground Zero: Photographs by Joe McNally is installed in the Museum’s North Tower Excavation. In the weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York–based photographer Joe McNally captured people who reported to Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the attacks to aid in rescue, recovery, and relief efforts.

A selection of 18 portraits from the full collection of 246 images that also include survivors, bereaved family members, government officials, and others, are shown approximately at life-size, communicating the devotion and heroism of responders from a large cast of government agencies, trade unions, volunteer groups, and other organizations who risked their physical safety and health to repair New York City. 

From The Collection

Collection 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Gift © Joe McNally

See The Exhibition

See these larger-than-life photographs and learn more about the lives and stories represented here. Visit Faces of Ground Zero: Photographs by Joe McNally at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. 

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