[LRflex] Re: Reuters' version of truth in Photoshop
- From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:50:28 -0800
Why does this remind me of the "self-inspection" so commonly found in
the food and drug industries.
With news a commodity, it makes self imposed standards laughable.
Especially if there are no mechanism for outside input.
I bet the next thing along is a Jack Valenti style shill for the
imaging industry.
Slobodan Dimitrov
http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/
On Jan 18, 2007, at 7:36 AM, Alex Hurst wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> As you may recall, there was major fall-out at Reuters over a couple
> of heavily PSed shots from one of their photographers in the Middle
> East. Heads rolled over that one.
>
> I've just come across their new guidelines to their staffers at:
>
> http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/01/18/the-use-of-photoshop/
>
> which make interesting reading.
>
> As ever, it's very much a question of degree. I wonder how many of us
> actually operate within these guidelines, and how many routinely go a
> lot further....
>
> Best
>
> Alex
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