Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1. Some main points we read about in the passage were the main issues of photoshopping, how it has become accessible to anyone, solutions to regulate how much people hired photographers can edit their photos, and what/how much photoshop is okay.
2. The philosophy of some newspaper companies like  the Washington Post and New York Times is to limit how much their photographers can edit their photos.The Charlotte Observer’s photo policy states, “No colors will be altered from the original scene photographed” They each have rules for there photographers so they can provide the truth to the public. The photographers even have to turn in proofs and portfolios that show they kept the editing to a minimal.
3. I think some less unethical edits we could make would be to eliminate red eye, and if you can't see the subject brighten the photo.
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I think this is the most unethical for several reasons. First off they inserted the candidates head onto this other ladies head, they altered the photo to ruin her chances of winning the election. This picture sabotaged her by making her seem unfiltered and unprofessional. The sabotage probably changed the public's view on her. Now news/media companies have made rules against this to give each candidate a fair chance by delivering the truth.


Kim Kardashian was featured on the cover of Complex Magazine. The original cover (left) was leaked. The photoshopped version (right) is on newstands now.



I think this one is the least unethical. This picture only slightly changed the tone of her skin. Compared to the other photos like cropping peoples heads on other peoples bodies, the toning is a minor edit. The others could have greater affects on their audiences compared to this one. This is minor enough were if the original photo didn't leak people wouldn't have noticed. These few reasons make me believe that this is a less unethical offense.


















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