Bill Biggart

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A resource dedicated to the work of photographer and photojournalist Bill Biggart, who died while covering the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. | The path that eventually led Bill Biggart (1947-2001) to the World Trade Center the morning of 9/11 took him through Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Berlin, and deep into the heart of racism in his own country. He never stopped moving until the end. As a spot news photographer, Bill chose to cover stories that most interested him, not the ones an editor selected. He focused on presenting the minority side – the Palestinians in the Middle East, the Catholic/IRA “troubles” in Ireland, and the issues of Native Americans, blacks and gays in America. “With a press pass around his neck and a camera bag over his shoulder, in the middle of a cross fire – Bill was in heaven” - Wendy Doremus, Bill'

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