Thoughts of a Bohemian https://blog.melchersystem.com/ Another photo industry blog Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/blog.melchersystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cropped-cropped-thoughts.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Thoughts of a Bohemian https://blog.melchersystem.com/ 32 32 63992558 Flipping the Switch on Democracy https://blog.melchersystem.com/flipping-the-switch-on-democracy/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:00:14 +0000 https://blog.melchersystem.com/?p=7614   What people often forget about photojournalism is that it starts with the word at the end: journalism. And very often, they confuse photojournalism with news photography. They might seem the same, but they are not, far from it. In photojournalism, everything starts with journalism. There is, first and foremost, a professional work to investigate […]

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]]> 7614 When Governments Lie With Pixels https://blog.melchersystem.com/when-governments-lie-with-pixels/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:49:32 +0000 https://blog.melchersystem.com/?p=7585 Earlier this month, the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) faced an internal revolt. Photographers objected to distributing official photographs of Sara Netanyahu that had been heavily retouched, some using AI, to make her appear younger. The manipulations were so extensive that veteran political journalist Shabi Gatenio, who broke the story in The Seventh Eye, warned […]

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