You could write to him and ask him, he lives in China. Or, you could look at his website for yourself and see that neither photographs are there. I do have the original with the tinted image on my harddrive. The black and white image wasn't there long enough for me to capture the entire page with it on there...when I went back to the site a few days later after I first saw it, there was nothing there. I'm not explaining this for your edification, there are others reading this who might benefit from the knowledge.
Iow, you have no earthly idea why he removed the photo. You are just making it up.