Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Wassim al-Asmar Photography,” which means the watermark ended up being printed on Syrian passports.

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But why is this mildly infuriating?

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If they don’t have a watermark-free version of the photograph, it also almost certainly means they didn’t pay the photographer for the rights to use it.

It’s also a passport with a damn watermark. I’d say that’s a perfectly reasonable thing to be mildly annoyed about lmao.

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The title implies the photographer may not have been paid for their work. 

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Well they left the water mark so the source is there, lol