Thursday, February 9, 2017

Photo Ethics


A, Some main points regarding photo manipulations are that some photographers will merge, distort, or alter their photos in some way. They say they do this to better get their message across or to make an individual more attractive or something. This is seen as unionist photography, though. Just like you would;t change a persons quote nan interview, you shouldn't alter an image because then that shows something that isn't even truthful.


B. The philosophy of the Washington Post and New York Times and other newspapers regarding image manipulation is that the photos should not be altered because thats displaying an untruthful event and photography is a truthful showing of something.

C. Some acceptable things you could do to an image are change the brightness, tint, contrast, and other basic photo settings. These effects can possibly but don't necessarily change the image's story, they simply make it a nicer and prettier picture to look at.


D. I consider this photo the most unethical because the reason it was changed was to tell a story that isn't originally shown. If the school wanted so badly to show its diversity, it could've had somebody specifically shoot one. What they did was desperate and untruthful. 

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