notes, daybook entries, and collaged pieces.
“Prior to 9/11, I was living the good life, working in the City, and was fairly Liberal in my views,” Van der leun said. “After 9/11, I did a 180-degree turn. It made me question everything I ever believed in. And I didn’t like the answers. It made me reexamine my priorities. And ultimately, it brought me here to Laguna Beach.”
“We need to remember and honor those who lost their lives at The World Trade Center,” said Harlow’s owner Ashley LaJune. “Not just once a year, but always and forever. Showing Gerard's photography, which commemorates New York City on such a personal level, is just one way we can demonstrate our love and concern for all those who were lost on 9/11.”
About the artist
Gerard Van der Leun (b. 1945) grew up in Paradise, California. Over a 30-year period in New York – with extended stints in London, Paris, and Portugal – Van der Leun was senior editor and director of Paperback Publishing at Houghton Mifflin; a writer and editor for PENTHOUSE magazine; European publisher for OMNI magazine; and author of two books: The Rules of the Net and The Quotable Sherlock Holmes. His articles on technology and the Internet have appeared in WIRED and TIME magazines, among others; are used in college courses to this day; and have been widely reproduced online, as has been his poetry. Gerard Van der Leun now lives in Laguna Beach, California with his wife and stepson, where he publishes the popular weblog American Digest .
