World Press Photo Sets The Bar For Allowed Image Adjustments

February 18, 2015 Marco | Editor

Bravo to World Press Photo for taking a leadership role in the debate of what levels of image enhancements, adjustments and manipulation are acceptable for photojournalism. As the winners of this years contest were announced the news that 20% of images that made the final round were rejected for “manipulation or careless post-processing” left many people with jaws agape.

You can engage in the debate with the links below (if you haven’t already), but I wanted to highlight what I think are very important changes in how image adjustments are viewed.

David Campbell, Secretary of the 2015 Photo Contest jury, …read more

Via: A Photo Editor

Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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