Both of these images shocked the world when they were first put into the public eye. They created conspiracy,devastation and questions that the world wanted to know the answers too. Both of the images document devastation however there is something about these two images that spark questions such as "have these photos been set up" or "why have they decided to put a particular element into the photo",within this photo you can also see the destruction of the surrounding building . The Statue Of Liberty connotes Americas freedom and Independence and when 9/11 happened all of that seemed to be taken away. The interesting thing about this image is the way the statue has been lit; The statue looks all clean and polished and the lighting gives the statue beauty perhaps stating that America will over come the destruction but that almost seems short lived when you see the thick black smoke behind it. The statue looks photo shopped in its presence and it seems like two different images are happening within the same photo for example, the statue looks like a photo was taken of it on a nice sunny calm day which is controversial in the reality of the image, and the rest of the image was taken on September 11th and both images have been merged together to create this new image with loads of different meanings. The image seems very setup almost as if someone wanted to create this weird yet wonderful image.

In the second image we see the destruction of the Pentagon with the White House standing promptly behind it, this image is a strange one to deconstruct because there are so many possibilities as to why the image has been set up like this; The main one that stands out to me is that the White House shows Americas power and how its government will protect it, yet in the foreground of the image we see Americas ministry of defence all broken and defeated, its almost saying your not safe anymore or perhaps the government can't do anything to save you now, and with the destruction of the Pentagon it could perhaps be blaming the government for this devastation. Another reason this image could of been documented this way because it wants to show the corruption of the government and it could also be saying the white house could be the next target for a terrorism attack, it could also be saying that America is getting weaker.

Both of the images show Americas destruction but i don't think they are showing the true devistation.