Photo Manipulation isn’t something new, its almost as old as photography itself and it was used as early as the Civil War. Correcting a photograph isn’t always that bad there are certain techniques that are still acceptable for example colour correction, retouching of the dust, retouching scratches, brightness, contrast adjustments, and cropping the photo to make it fir a layout. But when is it too much? Is it considered too much when you change the whole idea behind the picture? Or is it too much when we see it in the news?
O.J. Simpson known as a legendary football player was arrested in 1994 for allegedly murdering his wife and her lover. It was all over the news. Everyone took time off work, left early etc just to see the case, but what were you suppose to believe? The actual mug shot of O.J Simpson in Newsweek or the manipulated version in Time Magazine. The Mug shot in Time Magazine made Simpson skin darker, scarier and gave him the illusion that he looked guiltier. And the headline was “An American Tragedy” basically saying his guilty before trail even started. This trail ended up being a black vs. white ordeal. . Changing a persons skin tone, or a key feature of this person that makes them original and unusual is not ethical though correcting a minor flaw or brightening a photo, or perhaps making someone appear more perfect. Photos aren’t like text, you can’t read it and have everyone have the same idea. People see it differently and have different opinions for example if you were an African –American and you saw Simpson’s mug shot you might get really offended but if you were a Caucasian you wouldn’t thinks it’s a big deal. But it is. This just goes to prove that we cant believe everything we see.
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O.J. Simpson known as a legendary football player was arrested in 1994 for allegedly murdering his wife and her lover. It was all over the news. Everyone took time off work, left early etc just to see the case, but what were you suppose to believe? The actual mug shot of O.J Simpson in Newsweek or the manipulated version in Time Magazine. The Mug shot in Time Magazine made Simpson skin darker, scarier and gave him the illusion that he looked guiltier. And the headline was “An American Tragedy” basically saying his guilty before trail even started. This trail ended up being a black vs. white ordeal. . Changing a persons skin tone, or a key feature of this person that makes them original and unusual is not ethical though correcting a minor flaw or brightening a photo, or perhaps making someone appear more perfect. Photos aren’t like text, you can’t read it and have everyone have the same idea. People see it differently and have different opinions for example if you were an African –American and you saw Simpson’s mug shot you might get really offended but if you were a Caucasian you wouldn’t thinks it’s a big deal. But it is. This just goes to prove that we cant believe everything we see.
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thelistuniverse. .. 20.May. 2008 http://listverse.com/history/top-15-manipulated-photographs/
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