Tech site claims lab investigation exposes World Press Photo’s picture of year as digitally modified out of number of photos, seriously enhanced.
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Swedish photographer Paul Hansen’s photo, called “Gaza Burial” and portraying a Gaza funeral procession for children killed during Operation Pillar of Defense, is inspiring controversy worldwide in recent days, but this time for artistic – and not political – reasons.
Gaza Burial. Hansen – Photo: AFP
The reason, tech blog Extremtech claims the picture underwent massive manipulation and was put together from a number of different photographs with the help of photoshop.
Despite the fact the Operation Pillar of Defense ended with a considerably low number of civilian fatalities in comparison to Operation Cast Lead four year earlier; upon publication, Hansen’s picture hit Israeli hasbara missions hard. Continue Reading »
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