Add two more questionable photos to the Reuters Album of Shame.
Women cry behind a coffin containing the body of their relative, in front of Imam Ali hospital in Baghdad's Sadr city November 27, 2006. Their relative was killed during Sunday's clashes in north Baghdad. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)
The woman on the left bears a striking resemblance to President Bush.
Is this another case of a Reuters altered image?
Is Adnan Hajj working for Reuters again under a new name?
Today, we're treated to yet another Reuters disgrace. This photo isn't altered. It's just strange, one of those creative cropping shots.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of the secular Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, November 28, 2006. Ataturk's mausoleum is the first official stop for Pope Benedict XVI during his four-day visit to Turkey. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (TURKEY)
Why would this shot be slapped on Reuters' photo wire?
Is this a photo of Pope Benedict or an unidentified woman's legs?
Given Reuters' history of shameful shots, I think that this photo was no accident. I think it's a clear attempt to be sexually suggestive and disrespectful.
Reuters' editorializing photographers and their cheap shots are a disgrace to photojournalists everywhere.
Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such as documentary photography, street photography or celebrity photography) by the qualities of:
Timeliness — the images have meaning in the context of a published chronological record of events.
Objectivity — the situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict.
Narrative — the images combine with other news elements, to inform and give insight to the viewer or reader.
I think a new category of photography needs to be established for Reuters.
Perhaps "propaganda photography"?
"Poor taste photography"?
"Unprofessional, sleazy photography"?
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