Photojournalism’s digital alteration prevention strategy seems to be to wait for an infraction, blame photographer, check photographer off list of future offenders, put ethics in check, feel better about industry, wait for next infraction.
Perhaps digital alteration will always be the case of a rogue photographer. But we won’t know because we tend not to discuss [...]
Klavs Bo Christensen knows firsthand. He was booted out of Denmark’s Picture of the Year contest because of his post-production saturation and color treatments. In final rounds, judges requested to see raw files from three contestants, they disqualified Christensen’s entry.
What makes the case more than retouching in the extreme is that Christensen positions the issue [...]
“This post will interest you only if you’re totally obsessed with the Shepard Fairey Fair Use case.” More like obsessed, freaked out, and slightly disturbed by legal loopholes. And enjoying the irony of his last name.
As a photographer, I didn’t want to give away rights; as an editor I don’t want to violate usage. Fair [...]
There is a great interview with Region One’s own John Long in Newsweek. Great to see John and the NPPA out in front of an issue like this:
Newsweek: Is Seeing Believing
Because of the higher level of scrutiny that photographs face, do you think ones that are doctored are more likely to be caught?
A lot of [...]
