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Photo Manipulation Isn’t a Sin — But Lying About It Is
With technology making it so easy to profoundly alter photojournalistic images — deleting or adding items, changing the source of the lighting and so on — how can we, the audience, know that what we’re seeing is “the truth”?
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- Remembering Jeanette Chapnick
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- A Tale of Two Photos
- Giving Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due
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- More Photo Funny Business at Vanity Fair
- An Interview with Daryl Lang, News Editor of Photo District News
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- The Curious Case of Allan Detrich
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- Newspaper Not on the Ball in Altered-Photo Case
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- USA Today Squeezes Freelancers Over Usage Rights
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