Liberty and World Trade Center clearance leaning over the table

leaning over the table

"Today did not oblige

" The Times wrote

which stand in the background

including one at the Smithsonian Institution that ran for 14 months

Liberty and World Trade Center clearance leaning over the tableTimes staff photographer Fred R. Conrad took this picture of what were, at the time, two of New York's biggest attractions. To photograph the Statue of Liberty's torch between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Conrad found a vantage point on a dock near Caven Point, N. J. There, with a 300 millimeter lens in hand, he composed this image. He was one of eight photographers on assignment for The Times who were exploring black and white