All three are freelance photojournalists and felt they had an obligation to document what happened, so they jumped into one of their cars the next day and drove 44 hours straight to New York City.

They spent three days taking pictures of what remained of the Trade Center as well as the response of the city. Their images, "Eyes on New York: Sept. 14-17, 2001," will be on display Oct. 25 through Dec. 21 on the second floor balcony hallway of Manzanita Hall, on the southeast side of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

"The pictures shot by these three photographers capture both the tragedy and spirit of New York, and the talent and dedication of these photographers," said Cynthia Rawitch, chair of Northridge's nationally recognized Journalism Department.

The exhibit includes 30 color photographs of what was happening at ground zero as well as the human, emotional response throughout lower Manhattan, said Kent Kirkton, a CSUN photojournalism professor and director of the university's Center for Photojournalism and Visual History.

"Since they were taken so immediately after the event, the photos tend to be focused on the tragedy and the great impact it had on people," Kirkton said. "They are as much as anything else a solid documentation of that time immediately after the attacks."

Manzanita Hall is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information about the exhibit, call the Center for Photojournalism at (818) 677-5678.

There are more than 450 students, from a variety of backgrounds, enrolled in CSUN's journalism program, which offers training in several fields including newspapers, radio and television broadcasting, on-line media, magazines, public relations and photojournalism.

The Journalism Department is one of only 104 accredited programs in the Western Hemisphere.

California State University, Northridge has more than 30,000 full- and part-time students and offers 63 bachelor's and 51 master's degrees. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley and the third largest in the 23-campus CSU system. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges recently said CSUN "stands as a model to other public urban institutions of higher education."