Lucas Foglia was 19 years old during the first summer after the September 11 attacks, and had just moved to Manhattan from Long Island.

He worked in Arnold Newman's photography studio and - after hours and at weekends - he walked through the city's five boroughs with his camera.

"When someone made eye contact with ______, I asked if I could make a portrait of them. At first, I assumed people would respond with caution. The city was recovering from an event that shook its sense of security. Yet most people said 'yes' and looked straight into my camera lens. I am grateful they chose to trust me."

Desiree Blakis grew up in Greenpoint with her mother and grandmother. She had met Dorota when her family moved in next door on Eagle Street.

"In third grade we had the strictest teacher ever. The littlest thing and she would make us stand and look out the window in complete silence. Our view from the school was the whole city.

"On 9/11, me and another student got in trouble. And while we were facing the window, we literally saw the plane go through the tower. We started screaming: "Oh my God! Look! A plane crash!" And our teacher told us to stop because she thought we were trying to get attention.

"We were like: "No! Just look out the window!" And then she walked over and closed the shades. She wouldn't even look. "Now you're staying there longer." And we stood there, looking at those dark brown shades."

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