RE: [Leica] fired for photoshopping

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Sorry, Frank - It radically changed the photo. It changed from being a
photo of a soldier perhaps warning a group of civilians to stay down, to
a photo of a soldier waving in a father and child - weapon in a more
threatening position.

And as to reporters and photographers and the various levels of truth
and accuracy - a reporter who is caught 'enhancing' his or her reports
is also fired. Yes, it may be easier for the reporter to 'get away' with
cheating. But the point here is that there are meant to be standards,
and if you violate them, you're out. At least that's the way it should
work.

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank
Filippone
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 6:50 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] fired for photoshopping


While I agree with BD that to break the rules you work under ( LA Times
) you should be fired, I would hope that the same would be true of the
writer-type journalists.  In their case, they just "heard it
wrong"...... In the photographers' case, he is without ability to excuse
himself.

BTW, if you actually saw the images ( LA Times today, page A6) you would
notice that the actual changes made did not change the intent or message
of the photo.  It improved the image.  Now, if he had submitted the
unaltered image to the paper, and sold the changed image to someone
else, he would have his job and $$$ too, and maybe, a Pulitzer.

Funny how breaking the wrong rules gets you in so much trouble.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


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