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via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Photojournalism:-where-art-meets-fraud#.VO40DkL_un0
Doctored photos are as old as photography itself, with countless examples throughout history. “Back in the days of film photography, a laboratory technician could always tamper with an image in the dark room, but you really had to be an artist to pull it off,” explains AFP’s chief photo editor Eric Baradat. “Whereas now it’s within the reach of pretty much anyone.”