RE: Devil in smoke photo/I am photographer
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RE: Devil in smoke photo/I am photographer
September 11 email body
Thanks so much Mark,
I appreciate your comments. I did try to contact you last week but, it was very problematic. I will call you this evening for a follow-up piece.
Understand that I do respect your good work. Peace,
Kenny
>--------------------<<KFI>>>----------------------- Kenneth F. Irby, Visual Journalism Group Leader The Poynter Institute For Media Studies
>801 Third Street South * Saint Petersburg, FL 33701-4920 ONLINE* Irbyman@Poynter.org
>www.Poynter.org
>VOICE* (727) 821-9494, EXT. 297 or 456-2333 FAX * (727) 896-6703 or eFax(603) 462-2135 HOME* (727) 865-9005
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>From: Mark D. Phillips
>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:36 PM To: kirby@poynter.org
>Subject: Devil in smoke photo/I am photographer
>Kenny,
>As the photographer at the forefront of a controversy, I find it amazing that NO ONE has bothered to talk to me about this image and give me the opportunity to defend my reputation.
>I cannot explain how this image came to be. 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.
>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 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.
>I invite you to read my open letter on http://www.stellarimages.com or http://www.markdphillips.com and would hope that you could contact me to discuss this. It has left a very bad taste in my mouth.
>Sincerely,
>Mark D. Phillips
>President, StellarImages
>718-858-8980 (work)
>718-522-1341 (home - here now)
I appreciate your comments. I did try to contact you last week but, it was very problematic. I will call you this evening for a follow-up piece.
Understand that I do respect your good work. Peace,
Kenny
>--------------------<<KFI>>>----------------------- Kenneth F. Irby, Visual Journalism Group Leader The Poynter Institute For Media Studies
>801 Third Street South * Saint Petersburg, FL 33701-4920 ONLINE* Irbyman@Poynter.org
>www.Poynter.org
>VOICE* (727) 821-9494, EXT. 297 or 456-2333 FAX * (727) 896-6703 or eFax(603) 462-2135 HOME* (727) 865-9005
>------------------------<<-30->>>----------------------
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>From: Mark D. Phillips
>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:36 PM To: kirby@poynter.org
>Subject: Devil in smoke photo/I am photographer
>Kenny,
>As the photographer at the forefront of a controversy, I find it amazing that NO ONE has bothered to talk to me about this image and give me the opportunity to defend my reputation.
>I cannot explain how this image came to be. 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.
>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 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.
>I invite you to read my open letter on http://www.stellarimages.com or http://www.markdphillips.com and would hope that you could contact me to discuss this. It has left a very bad taste in my mouth.
>Sincerely,
>Mark D. Phillips
>President, StellarImages
>718-858-8980 (work)
>718-522-1341 (home - here now)
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September 11 email date
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:47:30 -0400
September 11 email from
Kenny Irby <irbyman@poynter.org>
September 11 email subject
RE: Devil in smoke photo/I am photographer
September 11 email to
"'Mark D. Phillips'" <mphillips@stellarimages.com>
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2001-09-18
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“RE: Devil in smoke photo/I am photographer,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 27, 2026, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/3107/.