Tom is absolutely right. Some years ago a photograph taken in Iraq and widely circulated was described as illustrating a British soldier "pointing his weapon at a young girl's head". In fact, even a cursory glance showed that the weapon was some feet away from the girl and pointing well to the left of her, while slung from the soldier's arm or shoulder. The angle between the photographer and the girl allowed a completely false interpretation to be made of the facts. I find the fuss being made over trivial alterations such as this case to be rather precious: our local newspaper will add to a caption - "This photograph has been digitally altered", with an explanation as to how or why, if necessary.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 3:34 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping John wrote: > Photojournalism is not about THE TRUTH, it's about accurately > representing what is in front of the camera. The viewer can find their > own truth. In that case I find the underlying principles to be deeply flawed. An unaltered photograph can do just as much misleading as an altered one can. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
