Photography Negative Influence

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Violent images serve as learning experiences for the curious. The intention to not learn from a horrific event shows no reason to publish these types of events. Reasoning out the fact the public seek to find the truth about a horrific story . As time passes, the world changes in positive and negative ways . The population will use events as positive influences as well as a negative . Graphic photos should be shown unless used for the wrong intentions. The only appropriate time to show shocking events is when an individual has something relative to it. One example for this is a photographer publishing a graphic photo concerning war, but only that photographer has an emotional relationship to the specific subject. Unless used for showing the public without this intention, it would be inappropriate to publish to the media. As a photographer, it would be their responsibility to be wise to whom they take pictures of. Mr. Irby said “As a free press, we have the responsibility to bring that reality to our citizens. It’s been that moved the minds and hearts of human beings in ways the written word can’t. But just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should” (Marvel). I am using this source because it proves that even if an individual has benefits, …show more content…
Unfortunately many may use graphic images against a learning experience. An example for this is photo shopping a picture used in the media or an article. “We will leave aside for the moment the fact that photographs can be tampered with (and with increasing ease using digital technologies)” (Barnet). I am using this source because people can turn a certain photograph into a false story. As these types of incidents occur, it results in false hopes. Many do want to learn from a horrific event but as many fabricate stories, it seems impossible for some to learn. This is a reason why plagiarism is a big deal. Many do change fact to fiction for their

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