WHNPA Disqualifies Altered Tracy Woodward Contest Photo, Award Rescinded

The White House News Photographers Association released a statement late Monday night saying that a Washington Post photograph that recently won an award in the WHNPA annual contest has now been disqualified for digital manipulation.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/node/38306

WHNPA president Ron Sachs’s statement said, “It was brought to our attention that the image ‘State Champion’ by Washington Post photographer Tracy Woodward, that received an Award of Excellence in the 2013 WHNPA ‘Eyes of History’ stills photo contest in the Sports Feature/Reaction category, was digitally manipulated in violation of the contest rules.”