I want to comment on the Vogue cover Mr. Murphy posted on the Dashboard. While we expect it from fashion magazines to airbrush and photoshop their photos, I don't think readers should continue to let it happen.
I agree with the argument that magazines are different from newspapers, therefore they don't have to conform to the same rules of photo manipulation, but I think photoshopping in magazines has become detrimental to society.
Journalistically, they aren't doing anything wrong, but they shouldn't want to manipulate photos of celebrities. No one is benefitting from that; not the people reading, the people writing, or the people being photographed. I don't know where they idea came from in the first place to make people look better than they actually do. I get that photoshopped pictures are more aesthetically pleasing, but in a society where body image has become such a big issue I think more people should be petitioning fashion publications to refrain from photoshopping their images.
Why I understand why photo manipulation is such a crime (and it is!) manipulation in this instance keeps the story intact (the bird on the left is attempting to steal the food from the bird on the right). By manipulating it, Patrick allows the viewer simply to see what the bird on the left is stealing.
That being said, I would still be hesitant to manipulate photographs. It's no different than manipulating quotes or making up facts in a story. The only difference in this instance, is that the facts are sightly off but the story isn't altered.
I want to comment on the Vogue cover Mr. Murphy posted on the Dashboard. While we expect it from fashion magazines to airbrush and photoshop their photos, I don't think readers should continue to let it happen.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the argument that magazines are different from newspapers, therefore they don't have to conform to the same rules of photo manipulation, but I think photoshopping in magazines has become detrimental to society.
Journalistically, they aren't doing anything wrong, but they shouldn't want to manipulate photos of celebrities. No one is benefitting from that; not the people reading, the people writing, or the people being photographed. I don't know where they idea came from in the first place to make people look better than they actually do. I get that photoshopped pictures are more aesthetically pleasing, but in a society where body image has become such a big issue I think more people should be petitioning fashion publications to refrain from photoshopping their images.
Why I understand why photo manipulation is such a crime (and it is!) manipulation in this instance keeps the story intact (the bird on the left is attempting to steal the food from the bird on the right). By manipulating it, Patrick allows the viewer simply to see what the bird on the left is stealing.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I would still be hesitant to manipulate photographs. It's no different than manipulating quotes or making up facts in a story. The only difference in this instance, is that the facts are sightly off but the story isn't altered.