Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Satan in the Smoke" Emails Description An account of the resource On the morning of September 11, immediately after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, photojournalist Mark D. Phillips took a picture that would prove to be one of the most evocative and disputed images of that tragic day. Many peple later construed the image of the smoke in his photo of the burning buildings to compose the face of Satan. These e-mails related to this picture provide a revealing portal into Americans' responses to the attacks in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. This should work fine. Thanks for contacting me. Have you heard from many other papers? "Mark D. Phillips" wrote: >Could you reprint what I have on my website? It follows: >____________ >September 15, 2001 >On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, an act of terrorism was committed against the United States. >As a photojournalist for over 20 years, I have photographed many horrifying events, but nothing prepared me for the two hours that took place Tuesday morning. I cried as I shot the photographs of the towers burning. Never in my wildest imagination did I expect one of these photographs to cause a stir beyond the horror of what occurred. >Through a split second of a camera's shutter, I captured an image that many people are saying shows the face of the devil on the side of the burning tower. The image was also seen in videotape. I cannot explain how or why this happened, but those who think I somehow doctored the photograph are wrong. >No matter what is made out of this photograph, we cannot forget the loss suffered by the families in this disaster. In my neighborhood in Brooklyn, we have signs and photographs of missing loved ones posted by the subway entrances. Every time you leave the house, you hear another heart-wrenching story from your neighbor. The NYC Fire Department suffered devastating losses among its men stationed in our area. We mourn for each one. >As the towers burned, it was not a possibility in any of our minds that they could collapse. I thought I was taking photographs of the worst building fire in my career. The fire department would control and extinguish the fires, I thought, and the towers would be rebuilt. But that was not to be. >This was a monstrous act of evil. >Mark D. Phillips >President, StellarImages >www.stellarimages.com >------------------------- >>On second thought ... Want to try a letter to the editor? I'll consider printing it if you want to write something short. >>"Mark D. Phillips" wrote: >>>I just read comments by your reporter Bryce Hoffman about the photograph that I shot and sent to AP that everyone is saying contains the "face of Satan." I would appreciate your help in getting my response out on this photograph. AP never bothered to talk to me and send a quote from me about this picture. >>>I have been inundated with email from the world and have posted an open letter regarding the photo on http://www.stellarimages.com and http://www.markdphillips.com. >>>Any help you can provide is appreciated. >>>Sincerely, >>>Mark D. Phillips >>>President, StellarImages >>>http://www.stellarimages.com >>>718-858-8980 >>>Brooklyn, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:22:40 -0400 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients "Mark D. Phillips" <mphillips@stellarimages.com> September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Paul Chaffee <pchaffee@saginaw-news.com.cnchost.com> September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. Re: I am the "devil" photo photographer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Re: I am the "devil" photo photographer 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-09-17