The editor of The Atlantic Monthly said on Monday that he has already drafted a letter of apology to John McCain after photographer Jill Greenberg manipulated pictures from an Atlantic Monthly photo shoot and put them on her website. The self professed anti-Republican photog was hired by the magazine to shoot pics of the Republican presidential candidate for their October issue.
During the shoot several backlit poses were taken. After the shoot, Greenberg doctored them with oozing blood and added captions calling McCain a “bloodthirsty warmongerer” and penned anti-abortion references of “I will have my girl kill Roe v. Wade”. We’ve provided the link here but be prepared for some startlingly graphic depictions.
The editor, James Bennet, acknowledges that Greenberg crossed the line and will not be paid for the photo session. He said the the magazine’s editors don’t “vet our photographers for their politics” but are only interested in their track record. The publication is considering taking legal action against the woman. He said:
“She has violated the terms of our agreement with her so we’re taking steps to do something about that. This photographer has worked for everybody from Phillip Morris to Time magazine. She had a long record and no history of doing anything like what she has done here.”
The controversial Canadian has been the center of a previous firestorm in 2006 for a series of photos depicting crying children. She reportedly got them to cry by offering them candy and then taking it away. The finished close ups of the anguished children were featured in a gallery exhibition called End Times. Each toddler photo was captioned with a negative reference to the Bush administration, causing a public outcry.
End Times photo gallery below.
Source – Fox News