Photographers Who Got Caught Cheating

Summary by Krater

The creator reviews several award-winning photography competition entries that were disqualified or stripped of titles due to alleged AI generation, digital manipulation, or using captive animals.

From the video

Answers: Why were these award-winning photographs disqualified?

• photography competitions
• image disqualification
• AI image generation
• digital manipulation in photography
• wildlife photography ethics

What it concludes

• Several award-winning competition photographs were disqualified for minor digital edits like cloning out a plastic bag or a shoe.
• A winning wildlife photography entry of an Iberian wolf leaping a fence was disqualified because the wolf was actually a trained captive animal.
• An entry in a Nikon Singapore competition featuring an airplane perfectly framed between ladders was revealed to be a cloned and inserted element.
• Images generated by AI have been mistakenly entered into photography competitions, causing widespread concern among judges and photographers about verification.