Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Photography & Ethics

The rules of ethical photo taking/manipulation seem to be sort of... bent, broken, or nonexistent. My thoughts on photography and the ethics involved in it is this:

If you're going to stage a photo, or manipulate said photo in any way that isn't a, "Hey, didn't quite catch that moment, can we do it again?" or a simple brightening, saturation etc. change, you shouldn't be taking photos at all.

The video covers a controversial topic - obviously we all aren't going to come to a unanimous agreement on the matter.

So, going back to my thoughts on it, I would like to add this:
Think twice (maybe even 3 times) before you throw all of your faith into the truthfulness of a photograph taken by someone other than yourself.

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