Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A) Some main points I read about in the article are photoshop and photo manipulating pictures. Many photographer's made people in their pictures look skinnier or have a different tone of skin so that they were considered more "attractive".

B) The philosophy of newspapers by the Washington post and the New York Times in photo manipulation is to make the pictures more appealing. Sometimes they may put other people's heads on celebrities to make the actor look thinner or more attractive. Newspapers may also combine two pictures to make everyone in the picture look up to their standards. Sometimes newspapers will also photoshop models so that they don't have as many "flaws".

C) I think it is acceptable to take two photos and merge them together to make a better picture because then you can have actual pictures that you took and have the events be accurate. By merging two photos together you could maybe make sure everyone is looking away from the camera or make sure the focus is in the right area.


I think this picture is very unethical because it shows Oprah posing but it isn't even her body. I think it is weird that the photographer didn't even ask permission to use the model as Oprah in their magazine. This magazine is false advertising for what Oprah really looks right.

I feel like this picture is the least unethical because it still has the subject and they didn't edit the actual firefighter or his position. The photographer decided to tint the background to make it a prettier color which I think isn't that unethical because it is still the same position and sky, just a different color.

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