Photo Manipulation and Ethics

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

a) A lot of what I've read has talked about how easy its gotten to manipulate or change a photo over the years. Just about anyone could manipulate a photo and make it look real and unedited. Theres a lot of photos nowadays that are edited very unethical.

b) I think the philosophy of newspapers is to have every photographer, writer and editor set with certain ground rules and guild-lines so that the newspaper (ones like The Washington Post) are seen and portrayed in a certain aesthetic.

c) It's definitely okay to manipulate a photo to certain extents and with permission of the person who's photo you want to change. If you haven't asked the person who's photo your changing or your putting a new head or new smile on that person I think you've crossed the line because thats pretty excessive for a photo.

d) I think this probably one of the most unethical, even though taking into consideration most of them are pretty bad. I think its horrible that people feel the need to change the bodies and 'flaws' off of women just to be able to put the photo up. The lady obviously looks perfectly fine in the original photo. If they had just touched up the photo it would've been fine but they slimmed her down a lot, so much they changed her whole figure.

e) I think this photo is the most ethical because they took two photos and merged them together. They didn't change the look os focus of anything and kept everyone's figure the same so I think this one is ok