"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"The N.C. Press Photographers Association has rescinded three awards given 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.""
Patrick Schneider was the featured speaker at the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic in August of 2003, just days after all this went down. He was very open and forthcoming about the whole business and it made for some interesting discussion. Here's an interesting editorial from ZoneZero about the controversy. It includes all three of Schneider's disqualified photos, both in their original and altered versions: http://www.zonezero.com/editorial/octubre03/october.html -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
