Features Writer: Is this image too graphic to print?
A Professional Photography magazine feature, exploring the role of picture editors, and where the line is between censorship and storytelling.
Speaking to frontline photojournalists and photo editors to discuss the importance of photo-editing: to tell a story without censorship, and to represent the truth with respect to those involved.
“It’s very easy to fill web pages with dead bodies: the images of this type are flooding picture desks every day. The skill of picture editing is to illustrate the story in a way that is respectful to those killed or injured, without sensationalising or taking sides. It is a tricky balancing act.”
