Photo manipulation

Before you embark on sexting, you need to take serious precautions. In 2014, hundreds of thousands of Snapchat photos were leaked online in a leak dubbed the ‘Snappening’. In the same year, hundreds of celebrity photos were also leaked. This underlines the importance of taking precautions before sending any nude, or semi nude photos online. These precautions cannot guarantee that your images will never be leaked. However, you are more secure than not taking precautions at all. In fact, if you…

In the following decades, 1960s-1970s, there were other ethical problems, though not due to the manipulation of photographs, but about the actual subject of the picture which could be shocking for the viewers. Most of these problems were caused by the imagery that came from the Vietnam War. Those pictures were seen as controversial because they symbolize a special impression of war: the violence and brutality that was inflicted on the civil population, the useless sacrifice of American soldiers.…

Magazine Manipulation In 2007, Photographer Allan Detrich resigned from his job due to claims that he heavily photoshopped his images. “Should images in Magazines that have been manipulated be required to have a label?” Yes, altered images published in any sort of media in any way or form should be required to have a label. Many people, especially girls, can be discouraged in seeing false body standards, and people can get anorexia, causing exceedingly low body weight, which is life threatening…

Photo retouching has received lots of criticism. They say that manipulating images is wrong. Nothing can be called perfect in this world. The photo manipulation industry has often been accused of promoting distorted and unrealistic image of self, most specifically in younger people. The fashion photography is one specific industry, which has been heavily involved with the use of photo retouching services - this is obviously a concern as many people look up to celebrities in search of embodying…

a dynamic art that has grown and morphed over time. There have been changes in both the technical details of taking such photos, and in the intents of the products. After the invention of photography in 1839, drastic changes in the approaches and techniques of cityscape photographers occurred multiple times and for a plethora of reasons. Not only did the process of taking photos become easier, but the whole purpose and practice of photography was refaced. Beginning with the slow exposure times…

When celebrities altered their images to look curvier, skinner more “desirable” can this be a Manipulation of Public? (Lorenzo, pg.1) Manipulation of Public is the concept in which that relates techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favors their particular interests (Wikipedia). Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies and propaganda…

Photos are a record of fleeting moments. Photos tell a story through the eyes of the photographer. Black and white photography can express a story that color photography simply cannot. Thus, when color is removed, the viewer can get an enhanced impression of the models personality and what the photo says about the relationship between the artist and the viewer. Alfred Stieglitz was an inspirational photographer who understood how to capture moments that expressed his feelings towards his models,…

Jack Pflug Photo analysis argument In a Capitalistic Society that rooted from the several advances of the industrial revolution in the 19th century, Consumerism in America took on a new significance. With a market that was soon to be flooded with laborers from around the world looking for work, these people became the new target demographic of Corporations trying to sell products for low prices. One of the many industries that became involved in this new…

color or brightness in the photo and cropping in or out an unwanted object in the photo. Being a photojournalist you have to be extra cautious in order to not cross that line. However, last year in 2016, photographer Steve McCurry was accused of doing this very thing. McCurry was first called out by Paolo Viglione, a fellow photographer, when an image from Cuba was found where the Photoshop editing had been messed up.(3) After this first accusation, dozens of other photos where discovered.…

The article, “Photography and Photography and the New God” was written by an American photography named Paul Strand. He began photography under the watchful eye of Lewis Hine in 1907. Hine introduced Strand to the work of the Photo-Secession. In 1911, he became an independent photographer and broke with the Impressionist style of Secession. Through his modernists theory, he helped to establish photography as an art form during the twentieth century. He is recognized as one of American…