Jul 22

BP admits it ‘Photoshopped’ official images as oil spill ‘cut and paste’ row escalates

BP has ordered staff to stop manipulating photographs of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, as the row over its public relations campaign intensifies.

BP photoshopped helicopter image

The photo’s caption on the BP site reads: ‘View of the MC 252 site from the cockpit of a PHI S-92 helicopter 26 June 2010.’ Photo: BP

More doctored BP photos come to light

The original photograph shows the helicopter sitting on the launch pad of a support ship Photo: BP

BP photoshopped helicopter image

A detail of the doctored image showing small white areas suggesting Photoshopping Photo: BP

BP photoshopped helicopter image

The top left hand corner of the doctored image shows what could be an air traffic control tower Photo: BP

BP photoshopped helicopter image

A detail of the helicopter’s instrument panel may suggest the helicopter is not flying Photo: BP

BP photoshopped helicopter image

A detail of the helicopter’s instrument panel may suggest the helicopter is not flying Photo: BP

More doctored BP photos come to light

The doctored image shows the projector screen has been ‘burnt in’ so that it shows more detail Photo: Marc Morrison/BP

More doctored BP photos come to light

The original image of ‘SIMOPS operations for Top Kill at BP’s Westlake Campus in Houston, Texas, 26 May 2010′ Photo: Marc Morrison/BP

More doctored BP photos come to light

A close up showing the poor use of Photoshop Photo: BP

More doctored BP photos come to light

A close up showing the poor use of Photoshop Photo: BP

BP admits it 'Photoshopped' official images as oil spill 'cut and paste' row escalates

It came after publication of an image of the command centre before being photoshopped… Photo: BP

BP admits it 'Photoshopped' official images as oil spill 'cut and paste' row escalates

… and after it was doctored, showing the image of the command centre with 2 of the monitors with new screens. Photo: BP

The oil giant was forced to issue new guidelines to staff to “refrain from doing (sic) cutting-and-pasting” after several official company images were found to have been doctored.

BP admitted on Thursday that it “Photoshopped” some of its official images that were posted on its website and vowed to stop the embarrassing practice.

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