This article written by John Kaplan takes a look into ethical dilemmas photojournalists face & the way the truth behind photojournalism may be altered. A point that is regularly raised in the article is that as a photojournalist you should steer away from staging a scene, keep honesty in each frame & avoid altering a situation to give false insight. As a photojournalist it may be expected of you that you can summarize an event or story behind a person etc. in one frame. That decisive moment should factor in authenticity, intention and impact of the scene. The viewer should have every right to have 100% trust in what they see.
A great website to show example of truth issues is
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-moeller/media-literacy-101-the-et_b_189488.html
They mention the OJ Simpson image we have previously discussed in class where his skin was darkened to give the impression of "demonization".
Another recent issue they had raised is alteration of an image of President Obama
It speaks for itself really...
ORIGINAL IMAGE
ALTERED IMAGE
Skin tone has been made more "golden"
Shorts changed from black to red etc.
I also came across the video below which couldnt link in any better with the issues raised in our reading. Take not of the quote at the end...
"No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted."
It is the image that upsets more than text.
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