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An informal group of anonymous members belonging to the internet discussion site Flashback has been successful in uncovering extensive manipulation of photographs by the well-known, award-winning Swedish nature photographer Terje Hellesø.

And then, in the 19′th of december, the member  and Flashback detective ”Stig-Britt” revealed how the photo of His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden was manipulated.
One of the most famous wildlife photographer Terje Hellesø has admitted manipulating images. He was rewarded as Nature Photographer of the Year 2010, a prize he now is deprived of. Now he is reported to the police.

The story of Terje Hellesø and his extensive manipulation was one of the most read in the Swedish media when the story first unfolded.

Summary

Here are some selected* links:

MANIPULATED PHOTO OF THE TERJE HELLESÖ:

ENGLISH
News and magazines
Nature Photographer Takes Liberties with Nature (Vanity Fair, 2011-09-06)
Award Winning Swedish Wildlife Photographer Admits to Faking Images.. (Popphoto.com, 2011-09-06)
Wildlife photographer admits faking photos (Upi.com, 2011-09-05)
Missing Lynx: Award-winning wildlife photographer exposed as fraud – by a cat in winter fur in a ”summer” shot (Daily Mail, 2011-09-16)
Celebrated Wildlife Photographer Exposed as Fraud in Sweden (The Epoch Times, 2011-09-16)
Wildlife Photographer Exposed as Fraud in Sweden (Pixiq.com, 2011-09-19)

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"99% of any art sale is convincing the general public that your work is excellent and deep. Sadly, skill doesn't matter much as long as you can sweet talk people.
On the flipside of this terrible equation, many great photographers are ignored because their people skills suck."
"That is the image!? That is not even well shopped!?"

More
Swedish Nature Photographer of The Year exposed as a fraud (picturecorrect.com, 2011-09-07)
Wildlife Photographer Caught Using Stock photos (Media Collage, 2011-09-20)

Local news from Sweden in English
Nature snapper admits to pasting in lynx (thelocal.se, 2011-09-05)
Nature snapper stripped of photo award (thelocal.se, 2011-09-13)

Blogs
Swedish Wildlife Photographer of the Year Admits to Faking Photos (Petapixel blog, 2011-09-05)
Swedish Nature Photographer of the Year Faked Photos (Blog, 2011-09-06)
Internet forum unveils the compulsive photoshopping of an award-winning nature photographer (Blog, 2011-09-09)
Hellesö apologises -sort of – and only further antagonises his Flashback nemesis (ktwop, 2011-09-13)
To “terja”: time to introduce a new verb into English from the Swedish? (ktwop, 2011-09-13)
Celebrated Wildlife Photographer Exposed as Fraud in Sweden (The Epoch Times, 2011-09-16)
Celebrated Wildlife Photographer Exposed as Fraud in Sweden (mbcalyn.wordpress.com)
Missing Lynx: Award-winning wildlife photographer exposed as fraud – by a cat in winter fur in a ”summer” shot (Dailyanimallover, 2011-09-17)
The Fraudulent Chicanery of the Professional Wildlife Photographer
Terje Hellesø’s fraudulent photos (Photographersdirect, 2011-09-30)
SEPT: Photo Tampering throughout History (fourandsix.com, 2011-09)
Fine Line (Kinnunen, 2011-10-24)
The Photo Follies 2011 Awards (2011-12-31)

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Older
invited guest: Terje Hellesø (part one) (The F blog, 2007-11-12)

Communitys
Swedish wildlife photographer admits faked photos (Safaritalk.net)
Award winning Swedish nature photographer doctored images (Nikonrumors.se/forum)
An endeavour to clarify my question… (forums.dpreview.com)
Wildlife photographer caught using stock photos (photoradar.com)
Famous Wildlife Photographer Busted For Using Stock Images (Slashdot.org)
Wildlife Photographer Exposed as Fraud… (pixtus.com/forum)

About terjadefoton.wordpress.com
”Hey, a fellow ./er. I’ve been reading that site religiously since college.”

So sad. A wild-life photographer got busted: he used stock images instead of his own ones (www.reddit.com)
Nature Photographer Admits to Faking Photographs (message.snopes.com)
Famous Wildlife Photographer Busted For Using Stock Images (photography-on-the.net/forum)
Suede.co.uk – photo

FACTS ABOUT PHOTO MANIPULATIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
Photo Tampering throughout History

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NORWEGIAN
Naturfotograf innrømmer juks (Aftenposten, 2011-09-03)
Naturfotograf innrømmer juks (VG, 2011-09-03)
Naturfotograf innrømmer juks (Dagbladet, 2011-09-03)
Tatt for photoshop-juks (Fotojournalisten.no, 2011-09-07)
”En personlig tragedie” (Foto.se, 2011-09-05)
Får beholde naturfotopris (2011-09-06)
Juksemaker slipper billig? (Fotografi.no, 2011-09-06)
Gaupebløffen (Natur og Foto, nov 2011)

Older
Terje Hellesø årets svenske naturfotograf (Natur & Foto, 2011-06-01)

Blog
Terje Hellesø er tatt for juks (nordland-biofoto, 2011-09-03)
Terje Hellesø (Villmarksbilder blogg, 2011-09-09)
Kristoffer Clausen och Terje Hellesö är to norske gutter… (sylandkrabban, 2011-09-14)
From fame to shame; Terje Hellesø (Alunfoto, 2011-10-04)

Organization
Kjent norsk naturfotograf tatt for juks (Norske Naturfotografer, 2011-09-04)

Community
DISKUSJON: – en personlig tragedie (www.foto.no)

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DANISH
Prisbelønnet norsk fotograf afsløret i photoshop-fusk (PF.dk, 2011-09-05)
Naturfotograf frataget titlen men beholder pengene (m.zoom-online.dk, 2011-09-14)

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FINNISH
Palkittu luontokuvaaja myönsi kuvamanipulaation (2011-09-03)
Palkittu luontokuvaaja myönsi kuvamanipulaation (Kainuun Sanomat, 2011-09-03)

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Finlandssvenska / Swedish articles in Finland
Känd naturfotograf medger fejk (Vasabladet, 2011-09-03)
Känd naturfotograf medger fejk (ÖT, 2011-09-03)
Den prisbelönte fotografen som fuskade (ÖT, 2011-09-12)

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SPANISH
Un premiado fotógrafo de naturaleza sueco reconoce haber usado fotos de ”stock” manipuladas (Quesabesde.com)
Galardonado fotógrafo de naturaleza sueco admite haber fraguado fotos (Fotonat.org)
Descubren fraude en las 10 mejores fotos del año (2011-09-12)

Blog Sueco, revela el Fraude Foto a Foto del Fotógrafo Terje Helleso (Fotoactualidad.com, 2011-09-16)

¿Fraude en fotos premiadas? (I), manipulación y fotos de stock (2011-11-08)

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GERMAN
Aufruhr unter Naturfotografen (Fiket.de, 2011-09-06)

Naturfotograf des Jahres in Schweden zog viele seiner Bilder aus dem Internet (Deutchlandradio, 2011-09-08)

Blogs
Skandal wegen gefälschter Fotos in Schweden (lapplandblog.eu, 2011-09-05)
Schuld und Sühne (2011-10-20)

Communitys
Fotoskandal mit Folgen (fotocommunity.de)

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FRENCH
Communitys
Un photographe animalier Suédois a truqué une centaine de photos

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PORTUGUES
Fotógrafo sueco é desmascarado usando Photoshop para criar fotos que ganharam prêmio (Gizmodo, 2011-09-06)

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DUTCH
Zweedse natuurfotograaf van het (digifotopro.nl, 2011-09-06)

Zweedse fotograaf ziet teveel lynxen (Photoq.nl, 2011-09-19)

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CZECH
Skandinávie: Známý fotograf a televizní hvězda se ukázali jako podvodníci (Velka Epocha, 2011-09-19)

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POLISH
Nagradzany fotograf robił zdjęcia… Photoshopem (Chip.pl, 2011-09-07)

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LITHUANIAN
Vagystę išdavė lūšies kailiukas (efoto.lt, 2011-09-07)

EST

Auhinnatud Rootsi loodusfotograaf photoshoppis oma piltidele ilveseid

ASIA / CHINA

瑞典摄影界获奖照片曝出造假丑闻  (2011-09-09)

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MANIPULATED PHOTO OF THE SWEDISH KING:
GERMAN
Aufreger-Foto mit König Carl Gustaf war manipuliert (Berliner Zeitung)

SPANISH
Los expertos tachan de falsa la foto del rey sueco rodeado de prostitutas (La Informacion)

FINNISH
King (Ilta Sanomat)

NORWEGIAN
Hackeren Stig-Britt løste Sveriges største gåte (Dagbladet)

DANISH
Herfra stammer fupbilledet af den svenske konge (Ekstrabladet)

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*) There is also a Chines article about the photo scandel and some other articles which we didn’t published.