Category: Ethics & Legal

Allan Detrich, who removed the legs from behind a sign two weeks ago, has resigned from the Toledo Blade, according to an article on Photo District News. He has posted a few comments about his plans on his personal blog, as well.

Ted Diadiun at the Cleveland Plain Dealer takes on the question of biased political photos in a recent column. Readers had been complaining that images of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice always seemed to make her look bad, so he asked the photo editor to take a look at the last year’s worth of published images. The results will …...

So, Time magazine decided to illustrate their most recent story about “How the Right Went Wrong” with a cover photo of Ronald Reagan – with an oversized tear running down his cheek. There’s been a bit of buzz on the `net about whether this is ethical or not and the illustrator who did the work was interviewed about it at...

After the events last year with altered images moving on the Reuters wire, David Schlesinger, Editor in Chief for Reuters, posted the company’s rules for using Photoshop. Well worth a read as it offers up a good set of guidelines for what is and what is not acceptable. Also gives some insight into how Reuters wants digital images handled from...