1203. Can photographers use their own definitions of “undoctored” when making TTG photographs?

Photographers can define any terms any way they want, but regardless of personal definitions if a photograph doesn’t meet P2 it is disqualified from TTG.

One cannot simply define the term “undoctored” any way that one wishes and say a photo described by that definition meets P2.

It is the same for meeting the other 8 characteristics of widely trusted photographs, each of which characteristics viewers care about as well.

Photographers can personally define each of the 9 characteristics any way they want, but if they want their photograph to qualify for the TTG label, it must fully meet all 9 requirements as spelled out in the Trust Test.

See also the FAQ on the term “undoctored”