I think there have been many valid points made on all sides of this discussion, but I tend to side with the organization’s privilege to present itself as it sees fit. So AP can establish and enforce policies that make it seem as though they are the last bastions of Truth, and those who work for them can go along or get along.
However!!! Last night as I was browsing the AP newswire via my iPad ap, I came upon a story about the celebration of the 10th anniversary for Mars’ Rover. It was accompanied by a really fine photo of the Rover. A selfie I wondered? Or a file shot from the time when the two Rovers were together? Or a really good artist’s illustration? I couldn’t tell so I went into the set of images that came with the story. No captions, no explanations. I just did a search, found the original of the image here: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/artwork/rover1browse.html I don’t at all object to AP being high and mighty about digital image processing, but they could at least be consistent and openly reveal that the photorealistic illustration is in fact a NASA-JPL rendering and not a photo. stan On Jan 24, 2014, at 5:04 PM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom is absolutely right. Some years ago a photograph taken in Iraq and > widely circulated was > described as illustrating a British soldier "pointing his weapon at a young > girl's head". In fact, > even a cursory glance showed that the weapon was some feet away from the girl > and pointing well to > the left of her, while slung from the soldier's arm or shoulder. The angle > between the photographer > and the girl allowed a completely false interpretation to be made of the > facts. > I find the fuss being made over trivial alterations such as this case to be > rather precious: our > local newspaper will add to a caption - "This photograph has been digitally > altered", with an > explanation as to how or why, if necessary. > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 3:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping > > John wrote: > >> Photojournalism is not about THE TRUTH, it's about accurately >> representing what is in front of the camera. The viewer can find their >> own truth. > > In that case I find the underlying principles to be deeply flawed. An > unaltered photograph can do > just as much misleading as an altered one can. > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
