© Terje Hellesö

Swedish Nature Photographer of the Year, Terje Hellesö, on a radio debate accus­ing him of doc­tor­ing a num­ber of his images, par­tic­u­larly the one fea­tured above:

“No no no, of course not. Not under any cir­cum­stances,” he said.

Four days later:

“Not all the pic­tures are manip­u­lated, just a few of the lynx pictures.”

A week after that:

“The jury believes that there are likely to have been images manip­u­lated even before 2011, mean­ing that he can not retain the title,” the agency explained in a state­ment on Monday.