Guilherme Checchia April 27, 2018 - 7:05 pm

Brazilian photographer loses international award for "faking" a picture

Hey guys!

So, a Brazilian photographer lost his prize because he allegedly composed his picture.

The "Tamanduá" is, supposedly, composed from a dead one stuffed in the museum.

The picture and story is in the link below. The article is in Portuguese.

https://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/brasileiro-acusado-de-usar-tamand…

He said that he used a 30 seconds shutter speed, so he doesn't have any other pictures from the animal arriving or leaving....

What do you guys think?

1 Comment

user-146450 June 17, 2018 - 1:10 pm

It looks fake, so I am surprised he even got an award

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