Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. What are some of the main points you read about in the website above regarding manipulating images? There is still question amongst people wether manipulation of photo's is right or wrong. Some people think it is not, and some people think it is. Some companies let you manipulate and photoshop pictures, like in magazines of celebrities. Some just try to keep the photo "truthful". In our time now, lot's of people can get softwares that allow us to do these things.

B. What is the philosophy of newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York times regarding image manipulation? In newspapers like the ones listed above, their policy regarding manipulation and photoshop state "No colors will be altered from the original scene photographed". So as long as they do not change the hues and colors in the original photograph, it seems to me they can change anything else.

C. What do you think are acceptable things you could do to an image and not cross the line unto an unethical manipulation? In my personal opinion, I think it is okay to change red eye in photo's, and maybe the lighting. As long as it is not so dramatic to where a person can look at the original or even the edited photo and say "that's edited" then it is okay. I also don't approve of photoshopping someones body to make them look "better" or "skinny" because that is untruthful.

I think this is the most unethical photo because they photoshopped the waste size of the model and smoothed the color's on the model's thighs. I think it is wrong to be "untruthful" because this is not how the model looks in reality, and they are false advertising.

I think this photo is the least unethical. I think this because if your family for some reason cannot get a picture taken together or maybe because there is a deadline, it is fine to put different pictures of them together.

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