Child-Beheading-Terrorist Supporter Wins Getty and Sunday Times ‘Defining Images’ Award 2016

Don McCullin, one of the world’s finest photographers of war and disaster, said the digital revolution meant viewers could no longer trust the truthfulness of images they see. He said photography had been “hijacked” because “the digital cameras are extraordinary. I have a dark room and I still process film but digital photography can be a totally lying kind of experience, you can move anything you want … the whole thing can’t be trusted really.” ~ The Guardian, emphasis added.
Two very contrasting opinions on the digital age of photographic sleight of hand and perception altering influence.
Everyone will remember the “iconic” image of Omran Daqneesh in August 2016, taken during the fiercest fighting to liberate East Aleppo from Nusra Front-led occupation. This single image took the corporate media by storm eliciting international clamour for a No Fly Zone in Syria and further illegal intervention into a sovereign nation’s internal affairs.’
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