{"id":4979,"date":"2015-02-18T09:19:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T09:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2015-02-17T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T12:20:16","slug":"the-integrity-of-the-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=4979","title":{"rendered":"The Integrity of the Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the continuing debate over the disqualification of around 20% of the entries that reached the later stages of World Press Photo for excessive manipulation I think it is well worth reading the WPP’s Photo Research Project ‘The Integrity of the Image<\/a>‘ by Dr David Campbell.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a subject I’ve written about myself on various occasions, and tried to do so from the perspective of a working photographer, someone who does their own image processing in Lightroom and Photoshop.<\/p>\n

I’ve always felt it’s basically a straightforward issue. The key concepts are integrity and intention, and my view can be summed up very briefly:<\/p>\n

Correction – Fine; Emphasis – within limits; Alteration – Never.<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course its a statement that requires interpretation, and back in 2010 I published my views on what was and wasn’t acceptable when processing an image. I think it bears repetition (with some minor changes and additions to clarify) :<\/p>\n

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Always appropriate <\/strong>(as necessary)<\/p>\n