Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Journalism, altered photo's, and other ethical debates
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:00:07 -0500

Eric Welch wrote:
> How do you know it was cropped? Did you see her maimed legs in non-US
> publications? Editors tend to go with their reader's tastes. It's hardly
> dishonest to crop. It's editorial judgment.

Do I understand correctly that it is ok for editors
to crop and it is dishonest (or at least unethical)
for photographers to do so ?  

If so, news and documentary photographers really have 
the short end of the stick of the trade.

- - Phong

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