Controversial World Press Photo Winner Under New Scrutiny Today (Update) | PDNPulse Photographer Giovanni Troilo’s controversial prize-winning entry to the World Press Photo competition is under new scrutiny today because of reports that Troilo did not shoot one of the images where he said he shot it, according to Lars Boering, Managing via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/03/controversial-world-press-photo-winner-new-scrutiny-today.html…
Town Accuses Photographer of Staging His Shots That Won World Press Photo Charleroi is a town of about 200,000 people in Belgium that has fallen upon some tough times in recent years due to increases in unemployment, poverty, via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/02/26/town-accuses-photographer-of-staging-his-shots-that-won-world-press-photo/ Magnette says that rather than being a situation Troilo came across, the photo was…
Belgium City Mayor Protests World Press Photo Award Photo essay is a “serious distortion of reality that undermines the city of Charleroi,” claims its mayor via Time: http://time.com/3721897/world-press-photo-charleroi-protest/ Images of Charleroi by Italian photographer Giovanni Troilo “profoundly dishonest,” says city’s mayor
