PHOTOGRAPHERS
We've determined that eyewitnesses can have conflicting views, that all of the hard evidence is locked up,
and that the DOD video has been edited to hide the profile of the aircraft. So how will we investigate? The best evidence
to which we have access are the existing photographs. There is a pretty common group of them circulating around the researcher
websites. Many of those unidentified. Through hours on Google image search I have located around 1500 (many are very generic).
Through other sources I have received another 300-400. My goal here on this site is to try and identify times and places for
the various images we see of this incident.
Another very important aspect to photography is who took the photo or more importantly who edits their output. In the following list
you will see the names and affiliations of the photographers who are responsible for the majority of the images in use on research websites. On this site there will be some photos that I will list as "anonymous" since the photographer
wishes to remain so. There are some I've not been able to identify the photographer and they will be listed as "unknown" (the photos used
in the sidebar are either unknown or anonymous to give you a sampling - you will see the large versions in other places on this site).
There were a few shots taken right at the beginning of the incident before everybody was moved back and the obsessive media ban
was enforced. These I would consider "pure". Everything else after that was allowed or edited. I am a photographer myself which
has helped in evaluating the photography aspect of this incident.
In going through image archives I noticed on the government sites that many sequential file numbers were missing. Some of these might
be accounted for since not every photo turns out. But there were significant numbers of files missing which indicates they were
not released. Also, cameras shoot a similar file size depending on what setting you use. So for instance someone's files were all
1.8 mb. Then in the middle of those files would suddenly be photos of 542 kb and variations. This means that even in the released
batch that some were cropped or edited. Here is a typical format from a photo archive:
010912-N-3235P-028 Arlington, Va. (Sep. 12, 2001)
U.S. Navy Photo
Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Michael W. Pendergrass.
(RELEASED)
Note the "(RELEASED)" at the end. This means that the photo was clearly reviewed and released by government officials. It is surprising
how many photos in use by researchers were taken by people allowed past media restrictions because of their government affiliation
and then officially reviewed before being released. Anything that might really provide a "smoking gun" probably will
never see the light of day.
Trends I noticed in the "RELEASED" ones are that you don't see photos of the inner courtyard (except one on 9/14/01) that is supposed to be where
significant debris landed. You don't see many photos of aircraft parts that don't have shiny AA paint on them. There are no
photos that indicate aircraft passenger seats, luggage or cargo. And you don't see photos of what the FBI collected. I believe that
if photos existed of items that supported the official story like, 200+ passenger seats, luggage, aircraft cargo,
the other main landing gear, the nose gear assembly, the other 7 main gear tires, the tail, the other engine, etc. we would see them.
Bob Houlihan - U.S. Navy Photo Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class (from secure press area).
Bob Pugh - Private citizen (video also - moved to secure press area after initial up close video).
Brian Boisvert - Affiliation unknown (up close - his photo was provided courtesy Pentagon Force Protection Agency [PFPA]).
Carmen L. Burgess - Staff Sgt., U.S. Army (up close).
Cedric H. Rudisill - Tech. Sgt., US Department of Defense (aerial 9/14/01 photos).
Charles Burroughs - Assistant Fire Marshal , Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) (up close).
Christine R Willet - Private citizen (from secured press area).
Daryl Donley - Private citizen (famous fireball photo - up close).
Dennis Ryan - MDW News Service (Military District of Washington - up close - famous debris in hand photo).
Eduardo Torre - Affiliation unknown (taken right at impact site - presumably an official).
Eric Gundersen - National Security News Service (up close).
Frank Zipperer - Senior Correspondent Photographer, AI News Service (from secured press area).
Frank's other photos.
Gary Coppage - Staff Sgt., U.S. Air Force (from secured press area).
Greg Whitesell - USA Today (from secured press area).
Heesoon Yim - Associated Press (from secured press area).
Hillery Smith Garrison - Associated Press Washington (up close initially then moved back).
Hyungwon Kang - Reuters (from secured press area).
Jason Ingersoll - Cpl., USMC U.S. Marine Corps (up close).
Jay Mallin - Picture Desk International (up close).
Jeff Aitken - Private citizen (from general area of press zone).
Jeff Franko - Gannett News Service (from distant elevation).
Jim Garamone - American Forces Press Service (initially up close then from secured press area).
Jim Varhegyi - Tech. Sgt., U.S. Air Force (up close).
Jocelyn Augustino - FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency - almost all of the interior shots and
the famous outside engine compressor shot).
John Valceanu - SSGT., U.S. Army (from secured press area).
Jon Culberson - Firefighter (up close).
Kamneko Pajic - AP photo (across the highway).
Larry Downing - Reuters (from secure press area).
Larry A. Simmons - Staff Sgt. , U.S. Air Force, DoD photo (shot of passage between E&D rings).
Linda Spillers - AP Photo (from distant elevation).
Lisa Borges - Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class, U.S. Navy (from secure press area).
Louis Briscese - USAF Tech Sgt, Forensic Photography, Office of the Armed Forces medical Examiner, AFIP (up close).
Marc Hodgdon - Affiliation unknown (photos taken 9/12/04 outside perimeter).
Mark D. Faram - Journalist 1st Class, U.S. Navy (up close).
Mary Ann Owens - Journalist with Gannett News (up close with box camera).
Michael Defina - Fire Captain, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) (up close).
Michael Garcia - Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) (up close).
Michael Lutzky -Washington Post (up close debris piece).
Michael Pierce - Private citizen (from secure press area- captured photo of lamp pole 2).
Michael W. Pendergrass - Photographer’s Mate 1st Class, U.S. Navy (most of the A&E drive photos).
Paul Disney - U.S. Army (up close initially then further back).
Paul Haring - Pentagon Staff Photographer (up close and further back).
Reza A Marvashti - AP Photo (FBI agent photo further back).
Rob Curtis - Army Times Publishing Company (from secure press area).
Robert Cantrell - Private Citizen (from numerous distant locations).
Steve Riskus - Private citizen (known for the best up close initial photographs).
Tom Horan - AP Photo (from a distant elevation).
Tony R. Knouf - Spc., U.S. Army (mostly up close and a couple of far away).
Will Morris - AP Photo (up close).
Of the 48 photographers here which represent the bulk of pictures currently being
used for research, 23 of them would have had their photos edited by the military or government in some
form. Of the 25 remaining photographers 7 were either media or private citizens confined to the secure press area,
6 were either private or media from a significant distance, 2 unknown affiliations (1 close and 1 distant),
3 firefighters up close, leaving only 7 media or private citizens that were up close initially.
This represents a very small number of photographs uncontrolled/unedited by the government.
