7. Analyzing Crop and Edit History — 7. Analyzing Crop and Edit History

Examining the framing and creative choices of a photograph can reveal whether an image has been cropped or altered to remove important context. Under copyright principles, these creative choices include the positioning of the subject, the angle of the image, and the selection of subject matter.

Publishers should compare any suspect image with the original version to see if the uncropped photo tells a different story. This analysis helps prevent the spread of misleading or manipulated visual narratives.