Re: devil photo controversy/I am photographer

Re: devil photo controversy/I am photographer

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2001-09-18

mphillips@stellarimages.com writes:<br>>As a photographer for three newspapers, The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse, I am amazed that anyone could call my reputation into question. I was inundated with email through my company website, http://www.stellarimages.com, to the point where I had to put up an open letter bringing everyone back to the fact that it is a photograph, not a religious or moral statement. Everyone has to look at this photograph and decide on their own what it shows.<br><br>>Vin Alabiso still has not returned my calls. He is making statements when he never talked to me. I stand by my reputation of 25 years. I would never manipulate an image sent to the wires. <br><br>>I am no longer in the "news" business, starting an Internet company in 1994, but everyone I have worked with in the news industry knows the high standards I maintain.<br><br>>I invite you to read my open letter on http://www.stellarimages.com or http://www.markdphillips.com and pass the address on to others in the industry. It has left a very bad taste in my mouth. <br><br>Mark:<br><br>I must say I had not heard of this contoversy until I was leaving the office yesterday, and not until now did I even look at the image. If I'm looking at the correct one, I see what could be interpreted as a Devil, but it is clearly smoke. This reminds me of the whole 70's issue of subliminal advertising, you know orgies in the ice cubes. <br><br>Those that are very savvy with photoshop can detect digital manipulation, so if it has been altered it will come out. Let me say for the record I have no question in my mind that it was not! Not to put you down, but given how fast it was transmitted, and the craziness of the situation( Iwas shooting the same thing from my roof top as well) who would of thought to even do this. If you did your are far craftier man than I :-). Besides at that time we still didn't know what was really happening. And why did it take so long for anyone to notice this? <br><br>I have not heard any of Vin's comments, but I more than anyone knows what you are going through with him. Remember I was banned for life from the AP by him and he refused to even speak to me about it, even after an editor took total credit for the mistake.<br><br>Hold your head up, as difficult as it may be in a society where you are guilty until proven innocent.<br><br>Please give me a call when you can 212-414-9263, I'd love to discuss this with you further and catch up with things, it's been a long time since we talked, how time slips by so quickly.<br><br>Jim<br>

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:05:14 -0400

Re: devil photo controversy/I am photographer