拿別人的作品修圖後再上傳：新加坡的旅遊攝影師 Daryl Aiden Yow 向粉絲主動道歉
社群網站幾乎已經成為現代人不可或缺的手機軟件，漸漸地大家把生活照從 Facebook 移到 Instagram 上傳，在美麗又夢幻的濾鏡下，記錄下每一個精彩瞬間。然而，當眼前的照片不再是「原圖」時，我們又該如何分辨其真實性呢？
來自新加坡的旅遊攝影師 Daryl Aiden Yow，近日無預警於 Instagram 刪除他過去所有的攝影作品推文，坐擁超過十萬粉絲的他主動道歉，因為，他過去聲稱自己的原創作品並非事實。
“Lego houses everywhere!”
回顧去年初，Daryl Aiden Yow 於 Instagram 分享一張在前往法羅群島（Faroe Islands）的照片，並同時寫下：「到處都是樂高屋！」這張照片迎來兩千多位追蹤者的按讚。然而，眼尖的網友立刻發現這畫面有些熟悉，隨即標記瑞典攝影 Christoffer Collin 的 IG 帳號 wisslaren。
修圖、調光、剪裁、再加入自己 …
Daryl Aiden Yow 不僅私自偷走其他攝影師的作品，更利用網路的圖庫素材，透過調光和剪裁重新打造一張新的「個人」作品，營造身歷其境的美好氛圍。去年九月，他分享一張站在櫻花底下的照片，表示地點在泰國，但網友找出 Shutterstock 的原圖後發現，攝影地在日本靜岡縣。
此外，他還利用 Shutterstock 圖庫裡一幕希臘聖托里尼的畫面，重新切割、加上花朵，並寫下：「太美了，聖托里尼！PS：這張照片是用 Sony A7RII 拍的！看看這台相機所能呈現出的顏色！」但事實是，這並非真的是他透過 Sony 相機拍下，倘若收下廣告酬勞，更讓人無法接受。
“For all of that, I apologise.”
稍早前，Daryl Aiden Yow 上傳一張全黑的照片，向外界表示自己的失誤，他在聲明中強調自己不知道如何表達歉意，不想要讓支持他的人失望：「身為一位攝影師，我不僅沒有達到我的期望，還讓相信我的人失望，對此，我道歉。」表示願意承擔自己的行為，一切後果他全部負責。
（想了解完整致歉聲明，請點擊 Daryl 的 IG 閱讀）
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Hi everyone, I didn’t intend to release any statement regarding recent events, largely because I did not know how I could accurately express how sorry I am. But seeing how people are now making baseless and false allegations against those close to me—simply by mere association– I have decided to confront the facts instead of leaving them subject to speculation. I did not want to let any more people down. The outrage regarding how I have conducted myself is justified and I accept full responsibility for my actions and all consequences that arise from those actions. I was wrong to have claimed that stock images and other people’s work were my own. I was also wrong to have used false captions that misled my followers and those who viewed my images. Having marketed myself as a photographer, I fell far short of what was expected of me and disappointed those who believed—or wanted to believe— in me. For all of that, I apologise. Those close to me disagree with my actions and have asked, whenever they felt that something was not right about my images, that I stop my actions immediately. I did not take their advice seriously and would give reasons that I thought would assuage any concerns they had over those images—just enough so that we would move on to other issues. I let them down with my actions. I would also like to take the opportunity to clear the air. The end-products of my collaborations with my friends remained honest and fair. Whatever my shortcomings were, I did not bring them to my collaborations. That would not have been fair to those who collaborated with me, and they would not have allowed such practices to be carried out in any event. These people are hard-working professionals and I was hurt to see people make baseless allegations or insinuations against them or question their integrity. They should not be hounded for my errors. To that end, I hope that these baseless allegations or insinuations would stop. I know I have erred and hope that I will be given the time and space to grow and better myself. For those who have stood by me, I would like to thank you and hope that I will be able to earn such kindness in the future.
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Daryl Aiden Yow 「加入自己」的修圖手法，迎來大批網友的模仿風潮，新加坡部落客 Wendy Cheng 諷刺地寫下：「這張不是用修的。我為了這個鏡頭等了一個小時！你們都不知道這背後的辛苦。匿名者提供。」
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在講究「濾鏡」和「修圖」的社群時代，這是不是也意味著我們將離「現實」越來越遠？與其一昧地攻擊，透過 Daryl Aiden Yow 這次的事件，也給了我們重新反思的機會，置身人手一機的後真相時代，請問還有什麼是真的呢？
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