His photograph of five young people lounging on the Brooklyn waterfront as smoke engulfed Manhattan mesmerized viewers and stirred controversy. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the photographer Thomas Hoepker was following the instincts of a lifetime of documenting the human condition: trying to get close to his subject...
The New York Times: Thomas Hoepker, Who Captured an Indelible 9/11 Image, Dies at 88