Metafilter accuses New York Times of digitally altering photos; Times removes the photos
The New York Times published photos by Portuguese photographer Edgar Martins who shot photographs around the United States of abandoned construction projects left unfinished because of the housing and securities market collapse.
When you go to the page where these photographs were published, you find this:
Who pointed out this alleged fakery? The community at Metafilter
I call bullshit on this not being photoshopped. Look at that wooden ‘triangle’ right near the top center.
This actually is (or should be) a major embarrassment for the NYT. The simple mirroring could almost be forgiven, but the photographer decided to get cute and photoshop in a few stray boards propped here and there to distract the eye from the perfect symmetry. It might seem a minor thing, but I think there really serious issues of journalistic ethics at stake here
