Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The editors must have known that I didn't spend a month climbing around looking for snakes. I had photographs to support the article three days after I receved the assignment. I don't recall any discussion of how I got the photographs. We were all very busy and under a tight deadline. Should there have been some sort of disclaimer in the caption like "this was not a live snake"? My appologies if this question sounds ludicrous or if it's too far off topic. I'm just curious what people think about this. David - ----------- David - Since you're curious and ask... Not to seem like a "holier than thou" prig, but I think you are ABSOLUTELY under the most basic of ethical obligations to inform the editor that you used a prop, rather than a live snake. The editor can then decide how to label the photograph - how about "Photo Illustration By..." I don't see anything wrong with doing what amount to photo illustrations, but I believe that they MUST be labeled as such. To do otherwise is to perpetrate a visual fraud, which I know you had no intention of doing. B. D.