The Integrity of the Image tl;dr

By Allen Murabayashi

In response to the increasing ambiguity over acceptable levels of manipulation in photojournalism contests, World Press Photo commissioned a report entitled “The Integrity of the Image: Current practices and accepted standards relating to the manipulation of still images in photojournalism and documentary photography.” It’s 20 pages long, so here’s the tl;dr:

1. Using the darkroom as an analogy and starting point for the discussion of digital manipulation is outmoded
2. There are no concrete, widely accepted guidelines. Interviewees assess images on a case-by-case basis.
3. The industry should try to develop a verifiable “digital audit trail.”

Darkrooms as an analogy

This is perhaps the most instructive …read more

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