Six reasons why photographers would stake their reputation on the TTG label

1. Many photographers want to preserve photography’s unique “recording with light” role, fearing that AI-GC is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

2. Some photographers do not like it when their best photographs are assumed to be doctored or aigmented (as viewers are increasingly likely to assume when there is no label on a photograph). That is another way of saying that...

3. . . . Photographers often want to let viewers know if a “Wow” photo is undoctored, especially when it is not a news photo.

Any photo that qualifies for the TTG label is “undoctored,” as per P2.

4. Photographers know that viewers in all kinds of settings are often curious about whether a “Wow” photo is undoctored even when it’s not a news photo.

5. Photographers know that undoctored photos are often the best method of describing, recounting, recording, documenting, memorializing, sharing information, reporting news, and archiving for posterity

—all of which have been important to civilizations through history— 

. . . and they want to contribute to building that vast historical resource.

6. Photographers enjoy a challenge to prove their chops (see FAQ #418).