Listening Post - Feature - Pixelating the reality?

The late American writer Susan Sontag said that to photograph is to frame - and to frame is to exclude. She was saying that, as a medium, photography is, and has always been, subjective. However in the digital era there is a new and growing subjectivity in photojournalism, one that you have most likely seen but not necessarily noticed.It is called post-processing. It is when photographers digitally enhance their work to make it more captivating to the eye. The practise has raised some ethical questions within the industry and underscoring the debate is the winner of the 2013 World Press Photo award.