Photography Thailand Forum

[Marc Schultz]

http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/30/the-aesthetics-of-a-dictatorship-north-koreas-photoshopped-funeral/?iid=lb-late1#1

[Gregg Spradling]

hmm, that's not a big change and doesn't really alter anything, so I wonder why they sent out the "kill" message?

[Marc Schultz]

Probably based on principle that press photos are never to be altered. Also, knowing that North Korea did it for propaganda and public image purposes. Those are probably the main reasons.