tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722744366515974253.post3576521809528225828..comments2023-09-24T07:27:39.256-07:00Comments on Assoluta Tranquillita: Media Matters: Long Island Newsday photographer - EPIC FAILUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722744366515974253.post-63865123753067619352011-10-19T15:11:17.046-07:002011-10-19T15:11:17.046-07:00Now I will also tell you that that moment only las...Now I will also tell you that that moment only lasted less than a minute as per my metadata. And to "prey" like a "Predator" crawling so close to their feet" is absolutely absurd, not only because I remember how I shot the image but because at the angle the images are shot any one who knows the slightest bit about photography can tell i am not on the ground let alone at their feet.<br />Now here's the best part, In the 45 seconds to a minute that I was there no one, NOT A SINGLE PERSON, had come up to me and spoke to me, or as you had written it, threatened me at all ('you ought to be ashamed of yourself, you disgusting POS. You are lucky nobody has killed you yet!' is complete fiction!). Oh may I also add I too am a 4th generation volunteer firefighter and was directly affected by September 11th<br />Now something that isn't written was that I had spoken to both Diane and Keith Sr. separately after photographing them and neither had any gripes of any kind. As far as your friend Janet if she had a problem she could have come to me and said something, however ALL of this just validates that what is written in this nonsense blog is, well, complete and utter fiction, filled with inaccuracies. I've sat through harsh harsh critiques of my work by my professor who is a four time Pulitzer winner, and I want to make this clear that I am not complaining because you thought the photograph was bad. I am justifying my job, my profession in which I strive everyday to tell stories through photographs RESPECTFULLY. <br />What's funny is that you speak of respect this entire blog when you here are the one being completely dishonest, and disrespectful with a subject, an event, which you hadn't witnessed firsthand and a practice of which you have NO experience with. <br />Now I am writing this comment at the same time I am scrolling through the blog post. I will end with this, I was the only photographer from Newsday, and any major news outlet (from my knowledge) covering the dedication and was the only one who as far as I know, (Unless there was another photographer on the other side of the Fairbens)capturing their moment. This is my image and I stand by it and the respect I gave the Fairbens and the moment. I will let you know that at the end of your post you mention "Diane also told me of being approached as she was leaving the dedication by someone she presumed was a reporter. Apparently this reporter was very respectful towards Diane, as he asked her for her name, and who the man was that she had been seen hugging." I WAS THE "REPORTER" SHE SPEAKS ABOUT! So just to make a point get your FACTS STRAIGHT before pointing fingers, making threats, and posting fictional inaccuracies onto the internet.<br /><br />Thank You.Steve Pfosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154772445731488231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722744366515974253.post-75497717743431920572011-10-19T15:10:57.340-07:002011-10-19T15:10:57.340-07:00I would like to post a comment being that I am the...I would like to post a comment being that I am the photographer who took the photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Fairben featured in your blog, on and in Newsday. I happened to randomly stumble upon your blog by accident after a search and am completely appalled at what is written, since it is almost 100% fiction, filled with inaccuracies, and nonsense. <br />Let me start off by saying I take my job VERY VERY SERIOUSLY. I am not one of these adrenaline junkie disrespectful photographers who want just the news and aren't concerned with a subjects personal feelings. (Which I might add no one on the Newsday photo staff is like that) I was brought up through a very respected photojournalism program which I studied four years and in fact wrote my final paper on the ethics of photojournalism. If you knew me, the way I shoot, and the way I approach and capture not only a moment but subject you may think differently before spreading complete and utter lies onto the web. <br />My job is to respectfully capture moments both intimate and extraordinary in order to tell the story of the subject. That day was like any other 9/11 memorial I had covered and in fact any other truly intimate story I have followed. Whether it be public or private my job was and still is to capture emotion. <br />After the ceremony ended I began looking for that emotion that told what this day was all about and found it with Mr. and Mrs. Fairben. after taking NINE, again NINE, and once more NINE (9) frames, for those like yourself who aren't up on the business, frames are images taken, I stopped and let the couple be. I have never since my first year or schooling taken anywhere near 30 or 40 frames in a moment like that. THAT is not the way I shoot. I was not in their face, I was not obtrusive, or obstructive. I was being completely respectful and doing my job. And to answer your question "how many pictures does anyone need to capture such grief?" no more than what I did, and anyone who tells you different isn't a photojournalist.Steve Pfosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154772445731488231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722744366515974253.post-2306723937179980782011-10-03T14:00:28.796-07:002011-10-03T14:00:28.796-07:00I am so sorry this happened to these parents who w...I am so sorry this happened to these parents who were, justifiably, emotional on this day and had every right to comfort each other without media intrusion. Can't really tell you exactly what I'm thinking or I will be banned from your respectable site. Prayers for the Fairbens and other families whose sense of loss is endless.<br />SylviaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com