"[4] Several days after the attacks, Feldschuh started soliciting submissions for the Project by handing out flyers in Union Square (New York City) to people who were taking photographs of the aftermath.
"[8] Among the contributors was a British photographer Jason Florio, who described how in the beginning of September 2001 he went to Afghanistan to shoot a war, and then five days later returned to New York and almost died in the 9/11 attacks.
[3] The September 11 Photo Project was featured in numerous publications, such as The Washington Post,[5] The Times,[9] The Sacramento Bee,[6] Chicago Tribune,[4][12] The New York Daily News,[13] San Antonio Express-News,[14] The Villager,[15] The Tribeca Trib,[16] The Daily Journal,[17] Chicago Sun-Times,[18] The Star-Ledger[8] and in the following publications as part of their coverage of the September 11 attacks and their aftermath: The New York Times[19][20] and National Geographic.
In addition, television reports and radio interviews about the project were broadcast with NY1 (three segments aired in October 2001, May 2002 and September 2003), Fox News Channel and on the channel's morning show Fox & Friends (aired in April 2002), ART TV CNN News, KSIR 1010 AM Radio Station, WTKF-FM 107.1 FM,[22] 60 Minutes II, Larry King Live, Frontline, WEBN-TV Boston, ABC NY7, NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV), as well as international television channels ITV London, France 3, Fuji Television, and Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK.
This provides people with a quiet place to reflect, gather, and talk about how they feel about what happened," Feldschuh said in an article in the trade publication Popular Photography.
[24] [25] After the nationwide tour the Project was on view at the main branch of the New York Public Library from August 15 through September 20, 2003, after which it became a permanent part of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Collection.
San Antonio Express-News discussed the role of grass-roots photojournalism, the September 11 Photo Project and other exhibits that showcase them and how they fill "an important human need."
Karal Ann Marling, a professor of art history and a cultural historian at the University of Michigan, was quoted as saying, "among other things, it's a bearing of witness.
"[14] The Photo Project became so comprehensive that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) asked for access to aid the analysis of how the events progressed.
The Photo Project was presented at the American Psychological Association's (APA) 110th Annual Convention held in Chicago on August 22 to 25, 2002 alongside Philip Zimbardo.
The conference was held on September 11, 2004, the three-year anniversary of the attacks, with speakers including Carl Levin, Scott Ritter and Jeffrey Toobin.