World Press Photo Looks To Change Contest Rules For Retouching

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World Press Photo Looks To Change Contest Rules For Retouching – A Photo Editor

The controversy that erupted this summer over the World Press Photo award winning image taken by Paul Hansen has forced the organization to examine their contest rules. In a press release on October 2nd announcing contest chair Gary Knight, Managing Direc

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2013/10/21/world-press-photo-looks-to-change-contest-rules-for-retouching/

The darkroom is long gone and a RAW image can have many different interpretations as it’s brought to life on the computer screen. Expecting photographers to not produce contest winning interpretations when entering World Press Photo is folly.

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