Another Black Sheep

A chinese photographer was found guilty of digitally manipulating an image, which even won him a news photography award in China. He admitted to the "crime", but claimed that it was meant to be an art image, as reported in Lianhe Zaobao.

My view is that either you are an art photographer or a photojournalist and one should abide by the rules and ethics for each trade. I am glad that actions are taken to safeguard the ethics of photojournalist, whose professionalism and credibility will be tainted if such acts are deemed to be acceptable.

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