September 11 Photo Project was a not-for-profit community based photo project in response to the September 11 attacks and their aftermath . The Project was founded in New York City by Michael Feldschuh , a former Wall Street professional and an amateur photographer , and James Austin Murray , a New York City firefighter and 9/11 responder who also ran a gallery in lower Manhattan . The Project was founded in the days following the tragedy , to provide a venue for the display of photographs accompanied by captions by anyone who wished to participate . The exhibit aimed to preserve a record of the spontaneous outdoor shrines that were being swept away by rain or wind or collected by the city for historical preservation . The September 11 Photo Project opened at 26 Wooster Street in SoHo on October 13 , 2001 and it toured seven cities over two years , collected photographs from more than 700 amateur and professional photographers , and had over 300,000 visitors over its run . Following a nationwide tour , the photographs were contributed to the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Collection of the New York Public Library and are now part of the permanent collection
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September 11 Photo Project