205. Can any yahoo attach the TTG label to any completely unqualified photo, with no oversight or watchdog to point out that the photo isn’t qualified for the label?

Yes, anyone can do that.

That obviously can lead to abuse, which is why this website reminds readers of the possibility of deception (see for example the bottom box on this page).

In fact, it’s the same for the TTG label as it is with the “Nonfiction” label on books: any “yahoo” can publish a book spouting any nonsense they want, calling it “Nonfiction,” and there’s no one to stop them from doing so.

But that’s just the flip side of the opportunity provided by TTG.

Any photographer, at any level, can now win viewers’ trust without needing to hope and wait for acceptance by an exclusive publisher (as was the case in times gone by). TTG puts each photographer on an equal footing with everyone else.

So yes, anyone anywhere, with any picture-taking device, can compare any of their own photos to the Trust Test at any time and can apply the TTG label to any of their photos that they wish.

Photo publishers are always in control of the images they publish, so they have multiple options when a submitted photo appears to have been inappropriately labeled TTG.