----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images
I'm speaking of still photographers. Television news is another story altogether, and one that I will not comment on here.
"The N.C. Press Photographers Association has rescinded three awards given to Observer photographer Patrick Schneider in its 2002 statewide competition.
The board ruled that Schneider had altered the editorial content of some photos he entered by overly darkening some portions in the digital editing process.
NCPPA president Chuck Liddy said Schneider violated the code of ethics of the National Press Photographers Association. The code says, in part: "In documentary photojournalism, it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way (electronically, or in the darkroom) that deceives the public."
Said Liddy, a photographer at the News & Observer of Raleigh: "In photography, we are allowed to de-emphasize backgrounds by a technique called `burning,' but in some cases his backgrounds were completely removed.""
Shall I go on?
William Robb
