Words We Have Learned Since 9-11 was a participatory photographic project that originated in 2004 when I began the project with my son. Those photographs are in the book and continue as a visual conversation between various international communities about how people view themselves in a post “9-11” reality through learned or re-contextualized language. Public participation was at the core of the project. Exhibition visitors were invited to participate by identifying words they had learned or gained new meaning since 9-11. They then were photographed, and these portraits would be installed into the exhibition. The photographic series grew in size to over 1,500 portraits and was b seen in numerous museums worldwide until 2016 when the project concluded.
