How to treat the phenomenon of photographic fraud

In today's era, it is of great practical significance to emphasize the principle of authenticity of photographic reports. Due to the wide application of digital photography technology, there may be not only posing fraud in the early stage of shooting, but also the possibility of making fake photos through digital technology. In this context, we should not only reaffirm the principle of authenticity of news photography reports, but also take practical measures to strengthen the construction of professional ethics or professional standards of news photography.

First of all, we should strengthen the professional ethics education of photographers, fully establish the principle of authenticity of news photography reports, internalize it into the conscious requirements of every photographer, and practice it in photography practice.

Secondly, we should strengthen the system construction of photo reporting, and use a good system to restrain the shooting behavior of every media and photographer. In this regard, Brian Voski, a senior photojournalist of Los Angeles Times, was fired for making fake photos during the Iraq war, which is worth learning.

Thirdly, we should strengthen media criticism, deeply analyze and rationally criticize the phenomena such as fraud and posing in news photography, so as to make media criticism play a rational role, improve the ideological understanding level and value judgment ability of the broad audience, and promote the development of news photography reports to a higher level.