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CORRECTING BYLINE – CROPPED VERSION A grab from a video taken from the mobile phone of a National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter shows the arrest of Libya’s strongman Moamer Kadhafi in Sirte on October 20, 2011.   AFP PHOTO/DSK

Las tropas rebeldes libias han acabado con la vida del líder líbio Muamar el Gadafi. Os presento esta galería de imágenes de este extravagante líder de fama internacional. Universitario, militar, dictador, mecenas de terroristas y estadista a lo largo de su vida, Gadafi nunca dejo indiferente durante sus viajes en los que dormía en su propia Jaima, era protegido por su ejercito de virgenes y bebía leche de una camella que llevaba consigo.

En la mesa de fotografía siempre ha sido problemático buscar imágenes de Gadafi en el concentrador de las agencias. Cada agencia escribe en sus pies de foto el nombre del dictador libio de una manera diferente. Efe escribe Gadafi, Reuters Gaddafi con dos des, Ap pone una hache en Gadhafi y por último la francesa Afp escribe el nombre Kadhafi con ká de kilo. Y con el primer nombre también hay problemas por lo que más nos vale a los editores hacer varias busquedas o escribir por Libia… aunque en inglés se escribe Lybia.

A combo of file pictures created on April 20, 2011 shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Kadhafi is facing an unprecedented challenge to his four-decade rule of the oil-rich North African country as forces loyal to his regime continue to battle rebels who have launched an uprising since mid February.  Moamer Kadhafi’s 42-year rule in Libya is “clearly crumbling,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said early Monday as rebels launched a fierce street battle for Tripoli in a final push for victory.    AFP PHOTO / – / FILES

FILE – In this Dec. 1977 photo, Libya  leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi  strolls during a break in a session of the Arab Nations Summit Conference in Tripoli, Libya.     A U.S. official says Libya’s new government has told the United States that Gadhafi, 69,  is dead. The official said Libya’s Transitional National Council informed U.S. officials in Libya of the development Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.  His death on Thursday, confirmed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, came as Libyan fighters defeated Gadhafi’s last holdouts in his hometown of Sirte, the last major site of resistance in the country. (AP Photo/File)

FILE – This undated photo shows  Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.   A U.S. official says Libya’s new government has told the United States that Gadhafi, 69,  is dead. The official said Libya’s Transitional National Council informed U.S. officials in Libya of the development Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.  His death on Thursday, confirmed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, came as Libyan fighters defeated Gadhafi’s last holdouts in his hometown of Sirte, the last major site of resistance in the country.  (AP Photo/File)

FILE – In this Jan. 9, 1986 photo, Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi  listens to a question during a news conference  at his Tripoli Headquarters.    A U.S. official says Libya’s new government has told the United States that Gadhafi, 69,  is dead. The official said Libya’s Transitional National Council informed U.S. officials in Libya of the development Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.  His death on Thursday, confirmed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, came as Libyan fighters defeated Gadhafi’s last holdouts in his hometown of Sirte, the last major site of resistance in the country. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)

FILE -  In this undated 1969 photo, Col. Moammar Gadhafi , right, salutes as he appears with Egypt’s Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, left, in Suez, Egypt.   A U.S. official says Libya’s new government has told the United States that Moammar Gadhafi is dead. The official said Libya’s Transitional National Council informed U.S. officials in Libya of the development Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.  (AP Photo/Farouk Ibrahim)

FILE – In this 1970 photo, Moammar Gadhafi  at the Cairo Airport in 1970.    A U.S. official says Libya’s new government has told the United States that Gadhafi, 69,  is dead. The official said Libya’s Transitional National Council informed U.S. officials in Libya of the development Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.  His death on Thursday, confirmed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, came as Libyan fighters defeated Gadhafi’s last holdouts in his hometown of Sirte, the last major site of resistance in the country. (AP Photo)

Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi (C) leans on the shoulders of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak (centre R) and Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh (centre L) as they laugh during a photocall before the second Afro-Arab Summit in Sirte in this October 10, 2010 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on October 20, 2011 as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya’s interim rulers said. His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic single development in the Arab Spring revolts that have unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and threatened the grip on power of the leaders of Syria and Yemen.   REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih/Files (LIBYA – Tags: POLITICS)

Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi gestures as he attends the Second Forum for Kings, Sultans, Princes, Sheikhs and Mayors of Africa in Tripoli in this September 8, 2010 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on October 20, 2011 as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya’s interim rulers said. His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic single development in the Arab Spring revolts that have unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and threatened the grip on power of the leaders of Syria and Yemen.  REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/Files (LIBYA – Tags: POLITICS)

Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a celebration of the 40th anniversary of his coming to power at the Green Square in Tripoli in this September 1, 2009 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC military official said. National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked.    REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/Files  (LIBYA – Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi looks on as Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a speech in Rome in this August 30, 2010 file photo. Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011, a senior NTC military official said. National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked.  REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files (ITALY – Tags: POLITICS)

A combo of file pictures created on April 20, 2011 shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Kadhafi is facing an unprecedented challenge to his four-decade rule of the oil-rich North African country as forces loyal to his regime continue to battle rebels who have launched an uprising since mid February.  Moamer Kadhafi’s 42-year rule in Libya is “clearly crumbling,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said early Auguat 22, 2011 as rebels launched a fierce street battle for Tripoli in a final push for victory.    AFP PHOTO/-/FILES

Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi poses after an interview with TRT Turkish television reporter Mehmet Akif Ersoy at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli in this March 8, 2011 file photo. Deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi was captured and wounded near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on October 20, 2011 as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday.   REUTERS/Huseyin Dogan/Files      (LIBYA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT)

Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi looks on during a news conference at the Quirinale palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo. Deposed Libyan leader Gaddafi has been captured and wounded in both legs, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on October 20, 2011. “He’s captured. He’s wounded in both legs … He’s been taken away by ambulance,” the senior NTC military official told Reuters by telephone.   REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files (ITALY – Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT CIVIL UNREST)

FUS04 TRÍPOLI (LIBIA) 20/10/2011.- Foto de archivo tomada el 28 de agosto de 2011 de un hombre destruyendo con un cuchillo un retrato del líder huido libio Muamar al Gadafi en Trípoli (Libia). Muamar el Gadafi ha muerto hoy, jueves 20 de octubre de 2011, en Sirte y su cadáver está siendo trasladado a un hospital de Misrata, según aseguraron a Efe fuentes rebeldes libias. EFE/Ciro Fusco

MOH05 TRIPOLI (LIBIA) 20/10/2011.- Foto de archivo tomada el 10 de abril de 2011 del exlíder libio Muamar al Gadafi (c), a bordo de un vehículo en el complejo de gobierno de Bab el Azizia, en Trí­poli (Libia), tras reunirse con una delegación formada por cinco lí­deres africanos que intentaban mediar en el conflicto libio. Muamar el Gadafi ha muerto hoy, jueves 20 de octubre de 2011, en Sirte y su cadáver está siendo trasladado a un hospital de Misrata, según aseguraron a Efe fuentes rebeldes libias. EFE/Mohamed Messara

TUN52 TÚNEZ (TÚNEZ) 20/10/2011.- Foto de archivo tomada el 4 de agosto de 2008 del entonces lí­der libio Muamar al Gadafi, durante su participación en una reunión con intelectuales tunecinos en La Marsa, cerca de Túnez (Tunez). Muamar el Gadafi ha muerto hoy, jueves 20 de octubre de 2011, en Sirte y su cadáver esta siendo trasladado a un hospital de Misrata, según aseguraron a Efe fuentes rebeldes libias. EFE

ANS001 ROMA (ITALIA) 20/10/2011.- Foto de archivo tomada el 10 de junio de 2009 del ahora lí­der huido Muamar al Gadafi, a su llegada al aeropuerto militar Ciampino de Roma (Italia). Las fuerzas armadas del Consejo Nacional de Transición (CNT) libio anunciaron hoy, jueves 20 de octubre de 2011, la captura en Sirte del líder huido Muamar al Gadafi, según la cadena de televisión Al Yazira. EFE/Alessandro Di Meo

***ATENCIÓN EDITORES AL CONTENIDO GRÁFICO*** GAD01 MISRATA (LIBIA), 20/10/2011.- El cadáver del lí­der libio Muamar el Gadafi es trasladado en una ambulancia a un hospital en Misrata, Libia, hoy, jueves 20 de octubre de 2011. EFE/Guillem Valle

== With AFP Story by Michel MOUTOT: US-attacks-911-anniversary-Qaeda,ADVANCER-ANALYSIS ==  (FILES): This September 11, 2001 file photo shows a hijacked commercial plane approaching the World Trade Center shortly before crashing into the landmark skyscraper in New York City.  Osama bin Laden failed in his lifetime to achieve his goal of “bleeding America to bankruptcy,” but 10 years after 9/11 the United States is still paying a steep economic price.  Ten years after the 9/11 attacks triggered a massive operation against Al-Qaeda, the group is battered and its historic leader is dead but offshoots in Yemen and the Sahel remain a potent threat.  AFP PHOTO / Files / SETH MCALLISTER == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Mañana domingo 11 de septiembre de 2011 se cumple el décimo aniversario del ataque a las torres gemelas y los compañeros de la web de Público.es le dedican un especial. En la Mesa de Luz os presento esta edición gráfica de aquel trágico día. No hay duda alguna de que se trata del atentado terrorista más mediático de la historia. Tras estrellarse el primer avión secuestrado, cadenas de todo el mundo retransmitieron imágenes de lo que parecía ser un accidente aéreo en el centro financiero de Nueva York. Minutos después millones de personas de todo el mundo verían en directo como se estrellaba un segundo avión. Era un ataque terrorista.

No sólo se pudo ver por televisión. El ataque tenía lugar en el centro de la metrópolis de Nueva York a primera hora de la mañana y toda la ciudad alzaba su mirada hacia el cielo, hacia las torres, justo en el trágico instante del choque del segundo aeroplano. Este instante decisivo fue captado por múltiples cámaras de fotos y de video, documentando a la perfección desde diferentes ángulos el ataque. Incluso existe el video y la fotografía del momento en el que el Presidente de los USA, George W. Bush es informado de lo que ocurre.

En el Newseum, museo de las noticias de Washington, hay una sala donde se expone la antena de la torre norte y objetos personales de un fotógrafo fallecido mientras cubría la noticia. Allí se comentaba que solo tres tipos de personas corrian hacia las torres aquel día: Los policias, los bomberos y los periodistas. Y muchos de estos tres colectivos dejaron la vida haciendo su trabajo.

Del mismo modo que para una generación era pregunta habitual “¿Dónde estabas cuando mataron a JFK?”, para nosotros la pregunta “¿Dónde estabas el 11-S?” es tema de conversación sobre todo cuando se acerca el aniversario. Podéis responder a esta pregunta en el especial que han preparado los compañeros de la web. Yo voy a contaros mi historía aquí, en la Mesa de Luz

Yo tenía 21 años y trabajaba haciendo la suplencia del fotógrafo Jesús Maqueda en la Gaceta de los Negocios. A muchos les entrará la risa al saber que trabajé allí antes de ser editor en Público. He de decir que en aquella época seguía siendo un diario económico y no el diario generalista que todos conocéis. Volvía bolsa al hombro de hacer una entrevista con un becario a los creadores del videojuego Commandos y fuimos a un bar cerca de la redacción a comer algo. En la televisión retransmitían en directo imágenes de las torres tras estrellarse el primer avión. Nos sentamos en la barra con el el jefe de internacional a nuestro lado. Pudimos ver en directo como se estrellaba el segundo avión. Acto seguido el jefe de internacional apuraba su copita post-almuerzo y salía disparado a la redacción de la calle pantoja.

Al llegar a la Gaceta todo el mundo miraba las televisiones. Ya habían caido las torres cuando llega el director y nos manda volver al trabajo. Todos se pusieron a ello. Yo volví a la mesa un poco aturdido por todo y pensando que el fin del mundo estaba cerca.

Suelo decir que yo hice la foto de la portada de la Gaceta del 11 de septiembre… Y aunque no lo crean es cierto. El diario que salió a la calle el 11 de septiembre de 2011 llevaba una fotografía a toda página de una entrevista a un gurú de las finanzas firmada por José Pujol. Evidentemente la foto de portada de la Gaceta del 12 de septiembre fue hecha por un fotógrafo en Nueva York y pasada por una agencia de noticias… Es probable que fuera alguna de estas:

ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS FILE PICTURE IS ONE OF 83 TO ACCOMPANY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. SEARCH FOR KEYWORD “9/11″ TO SEE ALL THE IMAGES (PXP901-PXP983) The north tower of the World Trade Center burns in New York in this September 11, 2001 file photo. September 11th marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks where nearly 3,000 people died when four hijacked airliners were used in coordinated strikes on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen/Files (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME DISASTER ANNIVERSARY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS FILE PICTURE IS ONE OF 83 TO ACCOMPANY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. SEARCH FOR KEYWORD “9/11″ TO SEE ALL THE IMAGES (PXP901-PXP983) United Airlines Flight 175 is seen moments before slamming into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York in this September 11, 2001 file photo. September 11th marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks where nearly 3,000 people died when four hijacked airliners were used in coordinated strikes on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.  REUTERS/Sean Adair/Files  (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME DISASTER ANNIVERSARY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS FILE PICTURE IS ONE OF 83 TO ACCOMPANY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. SEARCH FOR KEYWORD “9/11″ TO SEE ALL THE IMAGES (PXP901-PXP983) A combination photo shows United Airlines Flight 175 impacting the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York in this September 11, 2001 file photo. September 11th marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks where nearly 3,000 people died when four hijacked airliners were used in coordinated strikes on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.  REUTERS/Sean Adair/Files   (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME DISASTER ANNIVERSARY)

FILE – In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

FILE – This Aug. 11, 1998 file photo shows Associated Press photographer Marty Lederhandler outside The Associated Press headquarters at 50 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. On Sept. 11, 2001, Lederhandler knew the real story was downtown. But he also knew that the trains weren’t going that way, and his 84-year-old legs wouldn’t carry him that far. “If there’s obstacles in your path, you try some other way,” he had said in an interview. “You go behind. You go in back. You go up high.” Lederhandler took the elevator to the 65th floor and the famed Rainbow Room at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, which he knew would offer a stunning view of the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers beyond, and began shooting. “The only other story that compares to this is D-Day,” said Lederhandler, who died in March 2010 at the age of 92. “In a way … it’s a fitting end to my career with The Associated Press _ covering the biggest story that ever happened in New York.” (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)

Marty Lederhandler es uno de los fotógrafos que retrató el 11-S. Con sus 84 años no podía ir al downtown tras la historía, tras la noticia. “Si encuentras obstaculos en tu camino, has de intentarlo de otra manera” se dijo Marty, “Vas por detras. Vuelves sobre tus pasos. O subes muy alto”. Y eso hizo, subió a lo más alto del edificio del Rockefeller Center e hizo la foto que tenéis más arriba del mítico Empire State con las Torres Gemelas humeantes al fondo. Una imagen diferente e icónica de aquel día.

FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, Chief of Staff Andy Card whispers into the ear of President George W. Bush to give him word of the plane crashes into the World Trade Center, during a visit to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

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FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, smoke billows from the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

This May 2010 photo by Sergio Lopez shows Gulnara Samoilova. On Sept. 11, 2001, Samoilova’s apartment was just four blocks from the World Trade Center. She grabbed her camera and a handful of film, and headed into the street. She was standing right beneath the south tower, its smoking vertical bulk filling her 85mm lens. She saw the tower begin to crumble and got off one more shot before someone nearby screamed, “RUN!” The force of the collapse “was like a mini-earthquake,” and she was knocked off her feet. People began trampling her. “I was afraid I would die right there,” the 46-year-old photographer says. She got up just as the cloud was about to envelop her. She dove behind a car and crouched. Like “a strong wind,” the storm of debris rocked the car, filling her eyes, mouth, nose and ears with the tower’s pulverized remains. She gasped for breath. “It was very dark and silent,” she says. “I thought I was buried alive.” Suddenly, she could hear the fluttering of thousands of pieces of paper. She had survived. As she looked down Fulton Street, other survivors began limping out of the mist. She stepped out from behind the car and began shooting. (AP Photo/Sergio Lopez)

El apartamento de la fotógrafa Gulnara Samoilova estaba a cuatro manzanas del World Trade Center. No dudo un instante, cogió su cámara y película y salió a la calle. Estaba frente a la torre sur con su lente de 85mm, bajo las dos torres como se ve en la imagen en blanco y negro de más arriba. Vió como la torre sur comenzó a derrumbarse y sacó una última foto antes de que alguién junto a ella gritase “¡Corred!”. Esa es la foto que se muestra a continuación. “Era como un pequeño terremoto” y cuenta que tropezó y cayó al suelo. La gente empezó a pisotearla. “Me preocupaba morir ahi mismo” cuenta Gulnara. La nube le alcanza justo al levantarse y se esconde tras un coche. “Todo estaba muy oscuro y en silencio”, dice. “Pensé que había sido enterrada viva”. Pero había sobrevivido y continuó fotografiando a los supervivientes. Dos de esas imágenes son las que se muestran más abajo.

**FILE** The south tower of New York’s World Trade Center, left, begins to collapse after a terrorist attack on the buildings as shown in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. Federal investigators believe the second World Trade Center tower fell much more quickly than the first because it faced a more concentrated, intense fire inside, officials said Tuesday. Oct. 19, 2004. Investigators have singled out this Associated Press photograph that they said may provide evidence to support their theory which shows a “kink” in the building’s corner at the 106th floor. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova, FILE)

FILE – In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, people covered in dust walk over debris near the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, Julie McDermott, center, is helped by others as they make their way through the debris near the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the south tower starts to collapse as smoke billows from both buildings of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Jim Collins)

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(FILES) This September 11, 2001 file photo shows Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed when commercial planes crashed into them in New York. US citizens were having breakfast before going to work when terrorists calmly boarded flights they will hijack and smash into New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000.   AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/FILES

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FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, people flee lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York after a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Daniel Shanken)

FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters walk through the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings after terrorists crashed two airliners into the towers. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin)

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FILE – This Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2001 file picture shows the Statue of Liberty from a vantage point in Jersey City, N.J., as the lower Manhattan skyline is shrouded in smoke following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Dan Loh)

ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS FILE PICTURE IS ONE OF 83 TO ACCOMPANY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. SEARCH FOR KEYWORD “9/11″ TO SEE ALL THE IMAGES (PXP901-PXP983) President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in this September 11, 2001 file photo. September 11th marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks where nearly 3,000 people died when four hijacked airliners were used in coordinated strikes on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files  (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME DISASTER POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)

Ese 11 de septiembre, cuando el director nos hizo volver al trabajo, estaba demasiado aturdido por la noticia, preocupado. Pero Rosa, fotógrafa y editora en la Gaceta, me dijo algo que me hizo reaccionar, una bofetada que aun sigue haciéndome efecto cuando ocurren cosas horribles en el mundo y nos llegan las fotos al periódico. Me dijo algo parecido a esto: “no te preocupes, ha muerto mucha gente y la única consecuencia es que morirá otra tanta en paises lejanos. Tú sigue trabajando”. Ese 11 de septiembre editamos las fotos que ilustraron el diario al día siguiente. Fue toda una experiencia vivir esta noticia en un medio de comunicación. Ya han pasado 10 años y estas trágicas e impactantes fotos me traen recuerdos de aquella época… 11 de septiembre de 2001.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – MAY 16: Photographers set up cameras and tripods to capture the launch of space shuttle Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center at sunrise May 16, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected to come out to watch space shuttle Endeavour embark on its final flight to the International Space Station on May 16. NASA has given Endeavour the all clear to embark on its final flight to the International Space Station on May 16. STS-134 will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-2) to the International Space Station. Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is married to Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly, is recovering from an attempted homicide and will be attending the launch. Mark Wilson / Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Desde el pasado lunes me encuentro de vacaciones veraniegas. Ya en años anteriores hice un post para despedirme hasta septiembre de La Mesa de Luz  (2009 y 2010). En esta ocasión os dejo una edición de imágenes que tratan una de mis tags favoritas: “Fotógrafos trabajando”. En ellas podéis ver a compañeros fotógrafos trabajando en diferentes tipos de información. Seguro que alguno se descubre en alguna foto. Si bien creo que este año no haré nada muy interesante como viajar en un barco de vela como hice el año pasado o visitar  los campos de Gettysburg en los USA como hice en 2009, prometo dejaros algún post intesante durante este agosto de 2011.

Un saludo y espero volver a veros en septiembre.

Europcar’s Thomas Voeckler of France, wearing the leader’s yellow jersey, checks his tyre at the start of the 19th stage of the Tour de France 2011 cycling race from Modane to Alpe d’Huez July 22, 2011.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse  (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT CYCLING)

Spokesman for Bildu and candidate for president of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, Martin Garitano (bottom, 2nd R) talks to Bildu member Loitzune Txarola (bottom R) before her election to the presidency of the Juntas Generales of Gipuzkoa (Assembly of Gipuzkoa Province) in San Sebastian June 13, 2011. The recently formed coalition Bildu beat Spain’s two largest parties in regional elections last month, coming second only to the centre-right Basque National Party in elections that left the Socialists without a single important mayor’s office and only a handful of Spain’s 17 regional legislatures. Bildu won 26 percent, against the about 12 percent the separatist support vote has garnered on average in the past.  REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN – Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Members of the media wait outside the entrance of the suites at Bristol Plaza, which is being widely reported as the location of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s house arrest on East 65th Street, in New York May 20, 2011. Strauss-Kahn will leave jail on bail on Friday under the shadow of sexual assault charges as another French official, Christine Lagarde, builds support to succeed him. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS POLITICS MEDIA)

Members of the media take their positions outside the New York State Supreme Courthouse waiting for the possible release of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn before a bail hearing in New York May 19, 2011.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS BUSINESS)

MD07. MADRID, 28/06/2011.- Varios fotógrafos recogen imágenes de la primera jornada del debate sobre el estado de la nación, que comenzó con la intervención del presidente del Gobierno, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. EFE/Sergio Barrenechea

A security guard attempts to restrict a photographer from taking photos of a protest calling for the release of detained Thai human rights activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, outside the Thai consulate in Hong Kong on June 29, 2011. Thai human-rights activist and journalist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, was  arrested in Thailand on April 30 on charges of ‘lese majeste’, or the crime of insulting the king. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES

A Japanese photographer’s camera is decorated with little toy birds as he takes pictures of German President Christian Wulff and Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito (both not in picture) as they walk through the garden of Bellevue Palace on June 22, 2011 in Berlin. Naruhito is on a three-day visit to the German capital for the 150th anniversary of the Japanese-Germany friendship treaty. AFP PHOTO ODD ANDERSEN

Photographers gather to take pictures of Uruguayan and Peruvian players during the national anthems before the start of their 2011 Copa America semi-final football match held at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata, 59 Km south of Buenos Aires, on July 19, 2011. AFP PHOTO / EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Press photographers check their computer before the 2011 Copa America Group B first round football match between Brazil and Venezuela at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium in La Plata, 59 Km south of Buenos Aires, on July 3, 2011.

Photographers take pictures of Russia’s Egor Silin climbing in the 200,5 km and eighteenth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Pinerolo and Galibier Serre-Chevalier ski resort on July 21, 2011. This year is the celebratation of the centenary of the first crossing of the Galibier pass by a cyclist on July 1911 during the Chamonix/Grenoble stage of the Tour.  AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

The reflection of an athlete is seen in water as a photographer works during the European Team Championships mens 3000m steeplechase, in Stockholm on June 19, 2011.  AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND

110609 Rueda de prensa de  Valeriano Gomez PUBLICO Marta Jara

110609 Rueda de prensa de  Valeriano Gomez PUBLICO Marta Jara

CUL40. MADRID, 05/07/2011.- Periodistas, cámaras, y fotógrafos, abarrotan la sala en la que la junta directiva de la Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) ha celebrado hoy una rueda de prensa sobre las presuntas irregularidades de este organismo investigadas por la Audiencia Nacional. EFE/Juanjo Guillen

Garmin-Cervelo rider Thor Hushovd of Norway reacts after the finish line in the eighth stage of the Tour de France 2011 cycling race from Aigurande to Super-Besse Sancy July 9, 2011. Movistar rider Rui Alberto Faria da Costa of Portugal won the stage while Hushovd retained the leader’s yellow jersey.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT CYCLING)