Thursday, February 17, 2011

Internet Ethics


I chose the picture of the Lebanese city full of smoke after an Israeli air raid. This photograph came from Lebanese photographer Adnan Hajj. The picture was manipulated by the photographer adding more smoke rising from the buildings. I think he did this to make the Israeli bombings appear more severe than what they really were. The manipulation had the potential to be very harmful. With the photographer creating more smoke, it makes the destruction look worse, making Israel look like it is bombing everything in Lebanon. This could have sparked more anti-Israel feelings in the Middle East and cause war to break out.

I chose this video because it shows the many ways a photo can be redone. Tim Lynch, a professional photographer/retoucher, gives an inside look at what really happens. According to him, 99.9% of all photographs of celebrities are retouched or altered in some way. They want to be viewed as perfect, which in reality, is impossible.

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