On 1/23/2014 2:23 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Igor Roshchin <[email protected]>:
I am not seeing what was the problem in what he did.
The modification he did did not change the purpose of the photo or
whatever the photo presents.
It brings back the question of what is and what is not "manipulation" of
the photo. As "burning and dodging" is also image manipulation and
modification.
While I understand that one can defined the modification of an image
when the actual pixels are replaced/moved.
But what if he just darkened some portion of the photo with an object in
it so that the object is deep in a shadow, and hence cannot be seen
on the
photo? That's not moving of the pixels, but just changing the levels
on a part of the photograph.
I understand the problem when a person is removed from a group photo,
but that's totally different.
I think in this particular case, they are making a mountain out of a
molehill.
That was my reaction as well. I understand that AP has strict
guidelines but to completely ban him from working for them seems
harsh. I would have thought some lesser penalty, such as banning him
for six months or so, would have got the massage across.
I've never been a fan of "zero tolerance" policies, as they tend to
absolve people in positions of authority of any accountability for
making stupid decisions. "Just following orders . . ." and all that.
That said, in this kind of situation, I can see where the penalty is
plausibly appropriate, if only for discouraging would-be AP
photojournalists from thinking they're a little more clever than the
last guy who got busted. It's not that I have no sympathy for Conteras;
it is a pretty raw deal. But, at the same time, I can understand where
the AP's photo editors might chafe at the notion that a photographer
would take it upon himself to sneak one past them. Where Conteras
asserts that he thought it might be a distracting element for consumers,
the editors were probably suspicious that he thought it would be a
distracting element to them.
-- Walt
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