[Leica] reuters moron fired for not knowing how to use photoshop yet

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At 01:38 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote:
>One thing I keep coming back to is the original issue of "fakeness". 
>You say altered, I say enhanced? You say potato and I say American Fries?
>
>Walt

But, Walt, he didn't just increase the contrast.  He added smoke and 
the, the Reuters site says, cloned buildings.  I think adding 
contrast and adjusting levels and color balance are fine, as long as 
they don't intentionally change the meaning of the photo (for 
example, darkening OJ's skin).  Adding and subtracting things from 
the photos are fine for fine art, portraits and advertising, but not 
for photojournalism.

Tina

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