Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Ethics in fashion photography

1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
lips were made bigger, her neck was made longer, the back of her hair was made smaller, both of her eyes and eyebrows were made bigger, they made her face more narrow, and made her face a little tanner.

2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
I believe it is unethical to change one's appearance in this way because they should embrace her beauty not try to morph it into a fake photo.

3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
Some circumstances such as if the model asked for her to be edited but really you should know god made you that way and you should be proud to be yourself and look like yourself because nobody in the world has the same exact appearance as you.

4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
The type of changes such as brightening the photo, fixing loose hairs, and enhancing the photo.

5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
Fashion photography is where they edit the model on a computer and photojournalism is where they enhance the photo not where fashion photography they edit all of the model's flaws to make the photo better. In photojournalism we embrace the flaws and capture the photo in the moment.

6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
 it affects many ways because some change one's photo until something they are completely not or something they dont look like at all. Others bring out the best in the photo like brightening the photo so the audience can see the true beauty in the photo.

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