What We're Reading: Bill Biggart, the Only Journalist to Die on 9/11, Lives On in His Art
"The path that led Bill Biggart 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." So notes the Bill Biggart Photography website, dedicated to the photographer who became the only professional journalist to die on 9/11. Rushing to the scene of the attack, he was photographing the second tower when he was killed; his last photo was taken at 10:28:24 a.m. EDT. His cameras were recovered with his body four days later. But, noted The Well News recently, Biggart "lives on in his art and in all those devoted to the news."
The DART Board: 09.09.2026
Wednesday, September 9, 6-8pm: Michael Wilkinson | fluorochiaroscuro at P·P·O·W Combining the optical illusionism of trompe l’oeil with non-representational interventions associated with the readymade, UK-based artist Michael Wilkinson transforms ordinary subject matter into enigmatic visualizations that hover between the seen and the imagined. Updating the still life genre for our contemporary age, Wilkinson explores its innate ties to ep...

