From 1994 until 1998 McNally was '' Life magazine 's '' staff photographer , the first one in 23 years . His most well known series is the " Faces of Ground Zero — Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th " , a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby C Studio near Ground Zero in a three week period shortly after 9/11 . A large group of these life-size ( 9 ' x 4 ' ) photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002 , seen by almost a million people . The exhibit and the book helped raise approximately $ 2 million for the 9/11-relief effort
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Joe McNally