Peter Dench explores what does the modern picture editor actually do and is human judgement still relevant in visual journalism?

Image manipulation is nothing new, writes Rob Read

Peter Dench considers...

HANDS-ON PREVIEW

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Nine, Urban Life, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge

Circular motions into my cheeks until the SPF feels stiff against my skin, absorbed into my pores as much as it possibly can be; but the ghostly greyness won’t budge. I grab my laptop and reread the marketing material the brand pinged me on email – a new tinted mineral SPF… for all skin tones.