Over a year ago, this layout appeared in one of the sections of the Manila Bulletin. Nobody was given any credit (or payment) for the two larger photographs on the page.
A few months later, the uncredited photographer, Anton Sheker, is featured as the same paper’s Picture Perfect Artist of the Week. He [...]

I recently ranted about the Caltex Shooting Stars contest, but since Caltex has amended the contest rules and no longer claims ownership over submitted photographs, I’m backing down too. I’m still not endorsing the contest, but I have to concede that they don’t really look that poised to exploit naive photographers anymore.
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UPDATE 2008.05.20: It looks like Caltex has backed up a bit on what rights they have over the submitted entries. I’ve added a few notes below to highlight the changes in the contest rules.
I’m still not particularly impressed with the prizes or excited about joining, but I have to at least concede that [...]

Take a look at the two images below - the image on the left is clearly the source for the layout on the right, right? Ignore the globe that has replaced the model’s head, as well as the additional “fabric” that replaces her hair - the pose, the guitar, and other details should make [...]