As mentioned it's impossible to get "unretouched digital photos" because the camera itself does post-processing - but there were some spicy scandals that arguably were somewhere in the gray area between "move a damn pyramid" and "applying normal lighting techniques" that they resolved with "just use JPEG from the camera".

Of course, we now know that "JPEG from the camera" can be complete bollocks, so it's going to get worse.

https://www.bronxdoc.org/bronx-documentary-center/exhibits/a...

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