Image By: Worldpress.com
I am sure many of us
have seen recent media of the true side of how much you can edit an image. As photojournalists
we come across the ethical dilemma on a day to day basis of how much editing is
too much editing. We want to edit the image so that it is visually appealing
and grabs the reader’s attention. On the other hand we don’t want to change the
image in any way that it morphs and bends the truth behind the photo.
The NPPA “the voice of
visual journalists” states in there code of ethics two topics that the media
has been proven to not live by.
5. While
photographing subjects do not intentionally contribute to, alter, or seek to
alter or influence events.(NPPA)
6. Editing should
maintain the integrity of the photographic images' content and context. Do not
manipulate images or add or alter sound in any way that can mislead viewers or
misrepresent subjects.(NPPA)
So why is it we do
this? The current beauty media has a negative reputation for altering images. The
world has such a morphed sense of what is beautiful that they will go to any
length to change an image to make it to todays “standards”. World press starts
off with the topic of “When you are in media management, you hold to reigns not
only to what information people get, but how they get it, in what order they
see or hear it and sometimes how they feel about it”(worldpress).
By editing these images
we are ultimately lying to the viewers. Not by words like we are normally used
to, but if we change something to make it different is also a form of lying. This
is an ethical dilemma that will take time to wade through and get rid of. If we
stop lying to the public of what is a standard in beauty, than maybe we will
see less and less young girls trying to be who they are not.
Video by YouTube user: President of the World
Image By: Nitro Magazine
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