Los Angeles Times
Brian Walski, a Times photographer since 1998, admits he used his computer to combine elements of two photos to come up with the photograph that appeared on Monday’s front page. It showed a British soldier directing Iraqi civilians to take cover from Iraqi fire on the outskirts of Basra.
> The Hartford Courant also used the photo on Monday’s 1A (NY Post)
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Los Angeles Times photographer fired for altering war photo
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