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Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias, Lesvos, Greece
@WClarke: I am not a photojournalist by the way. If you like the photo I can again open the raw file to extract a better version. But I can do it after 24 April because now I am traveling and I don't have access to my files! Ggia (talk) 06:49, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Ggia: You don't have to formally be a journalist to participate in photojournalism- any committed photographer when confronted with injustice has the responsibility, within reason, to document horrible situations like these and share them with the world; in this case you did that, and to me this photograph is on par with those published in major newspapers. Though in terms of editing the photograph, I would leave it almost unchanged from the original version, as close as possible to what you witnessed that day. For years, primarily since the advent of digital photography, there has been debate over what is and what isn't acceptable to edit in a photograph intended for journalistic purposes. The Associated Press has a "Code of Ethics for Photojournalists", and this is a rare case on FPC where I would recommend following them when editing. While I obviously don't think any edits you made were meant to "mislead" viewers by any means, the AP does warn that "changes in density, contrast, color and saturation levels that substantially alter the original scene are not acceptable", so if you reprocess the raw files, just keep that in mind. IMO, in this case I really don't think altering color is necessary anyway, as the colors from your first version (assuming you didn't make any large changes before) still look very nice. Thanks. WClarke 20:32, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@WClarke: I follow Mangum photographers that also manipulate (make) their pictures black and white. Ie [1] James nachtwey, or [2] Alex Majoli. Different rules for AP or Reuters different rules for Magnum. I don't sell photos here and I don't have any benefit to make the photo more dramatic. The reason that this "no manipulation" rule apply in AP or Reuters is because in the past photographers edited their photos in order to be more dramatic and sell them and earn money or win a photojournalist price. Dramatic images are sold easier. A good essay about those dramatic images and the photo market is the book of Susan Sontag "regarding the pain of others". Ggia (talk) 20:57, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination A pity... Yann (talk) 13:43, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 5 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 16:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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