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L’annonce sur le site de l’organisation du World Press :

Announcement of disqualification
World Press Photo has, after careful consultation with the jury, determined that is was necessary to disqualify Stepan Rudik, winner of the 3rd prize story in Sports Features, due to violation of the rules of the World Press Photo Contest.Following the announcement of the contest results, it came to the attention of World Press Photo that Rudik’s story had violated a contest rule. After requesting RAW-files of the series from him, it became clear that an element had been removed from one of the original photographs.

The rule reads: “The content of the image must not be altered. Only retouching which conforms to the currently accepted standards in the industry is allowed.”

In the opinion of the jury, the photographer ventured beyond the boundary of what is acceptable practice. Consequently, this judgment left World Press Photo no choice but to disqualify Rudik.
 Michiel Munneke, managing director of World Press Photo said, “After careful consideration, we found it imperative to disqualify the photographer from the contest. The principle of World Press Photo is to promote high standards in photojournalism. Therefore, we must maintain the integrity of our organization even when the outcome is regrettable.”

Stepan Rudik s’explique sur le site Petapixel.com qui publie le fichier d’origine…

Riley Sharbonno est un vétéran de la guerre en Irak. Ses photographies numériques documentent son séjour en Iraq comme infirmier de l’armée, ses déplacements et son quotidien de soldat.

Monica Haller, Riley and his story. Me and my outrage. You and us. / Onestar Press-Fälth & Hässler

Il faut souligner la médiation apparemment nécessaire de l’artiste (ou du photojournaliste pour Why Mister, Why ? et Baghdad Calling) pour la publication d’un corpus de photographie amateur. Ce corpus rentre, dans le cas présent, dans une économie traditionnelle de diffusion, 7 ans après les photographies d’Abou Ghraib.