Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. A main point for manipulating images is trying to make models more "attractive". Photographers also photoshop to add more diversity to pictures, improve the composition of the photo, to add photography rules to photos, etc. 

B. Newspapers like The Washington Post and The New York Times have a rule where photographers cannot edit anything. They will have no tolerance if there are any significant edits found! The newspapers give their photographers strict guidelines for how to shoot and edit their photos. The photojournalists are required to turn in all of their proofs and portfolios as well. 

C. I think changing the lighting, cropping and white balance are the only acceptable edits photographers should be allowed to make because those are things that people use to help make photography better. If the photo is really dark, photographers should be able to lighten it up so viewers can see the subject clearly if it doesn't change the meaning of the picture. I also think that the rules can change depending on the photo. Anything too significant like changing someone's body shape should be unacceptable. 

D.

I think this photo is very unethical because there is a dramatic change of Kim's body image. In the unedited photo, her skin complexion is darker, her body is thicker and her face is rounder. In the photoshopped version, Kim is very skinny, lighter and more sleek.

E.

I think this photo is the most ethical because the only change the photographer made was editing the picture to make the whole scene fit on a magazine cover. I believe this isn't as bad as the others because it is only making the photo skinnier to show the whole thing while the other pictures were changed to edit the truth.