The Ethics of Photojournalism


[My Personal Ethics]

Photo tampering has occurred throughout the history of photography, where photographers editing the pictures that caused the controversies in the photography industry When photographers manipulate the pictures, they have taken their “altered” photos will trick viewers into believing what they see something, even when it does not seem real. It only takes at least more than one year to figure out something suspicious about the photos, as they are being fooled by the illusion of the photo to make it seem real. However, editors and viewers will notice any signs of photos being manipulated, such as Reverse image search, Lacking shadows, missing reflections, and so much more. 

[After Tampering the picture]
[Photo by: Brain Walski, 2003 - October | 2009 | The 2003 Brian Walski scandal (wordpress.com)]
Brian Walski gives us the example of photo tampering, because of attempting to “improve” the composition of the picture. In April 2003, Brian Walski combines elements of two photos for Times magazine, making Thom McGuire like the picture without realizing the photo was altered by Brian Walski himself. However, in the case of Brian Walski controversy, he takes two photos to editing as an attempt to overcome his flaws but ending with downfall of his career. If I were in the situation, I would take multiple photos to send them to the editor, without tampering the picture with photo editing software.
 
[Before Tampering with the photo]
[Photo by: Brain Walski, 2003 - Altered (zonezero.com)]




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