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Altered Images Of War
On Monday, March 31, the
Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had
been altered in violation of Times policy.
The primary subject of the photo was a British soldier directing
Iraqi civilians to take cover from Iraqi fire on the outskirts
of Basra. After publication, it was noticed that several
civilians in the background appear twice. The photographer,
Brian Walski, reached by telephone in southern Iraq,
acknowledged that he had used his computer to combine elements
of two photographs, taken moments apart, in order to improve the
composition.
Times policy forbids altering the content of news photographs.
Because of the violation, Walski, a Times photographer since
1998, has been dismissed from the staff. The altered photo,
along with the two photos that were used to produce it, are
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The Actual Photos
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Photographer Brian
Walski used his computer to combine elements of the two
photographs. The left side of the altered photo is taken from
the top left photo, and the right side of the altered photo is
from the top right one. Some residents on the left side of the
blended photo are visible twice. The altered photo ran on the
front page of the Los Angeles Times Monday.
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