World Press Photo Eliminates 20 Percent of Images for Manipulation | PhotoShelter Blog

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World Press Photo Eliminates 20 Percent of Images for Manipulation – PhotoShelter Blog

Along with the announcement of the World Press Photo winners, TIME reported that 20 percent of the images that reached the second-to-last round of judging were disqualified for “excessive post-processing.” Particularly problematic was the sports category.

via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2015/02/world-press-photo-eliminates-20-percent-of-images-for-manipulation/

Given that the detection of manipulation in 2014 and 2015 occurred in different rounds, it’s impossible to tell whether there has been an aggregate increase, but a few key issues remain: