Photo Manipulation

I do agree that a photo journalist should protect the truth and represent it as accurately as possible. To achieve this, there is no room for expression or creative license in journalistic photography. If there was room for expression or creative license in journalistic photography the images we saw on magazines would always be corrupted. This would create false advertisement or misleading truth to the article the image coincided with. For example Matt Mahurin manipulated the front page image on TIME magazine of O. J. Simpson to create a more "artful" look because of this viewers of TIME magazine felt they could not trust the creators of the magazine. The situation became even worse when Newsweek made the same image their front cover with no manipulation.

I think the nine journalistic photography guidelines the NPPA laid out is the best way to achieve accurate photographs from their employees. Also, that all journalistic companies should create guidelines that their photographers have to follow. This would not allow anymore inaccurate or manipulated photographs to be published.

Forced Perspective

Is It Art?

Art in my opinion has to have a conceptual meaning to the image. The image that is being presented does not have a strong conceptual idea that appears. When I look at the picture I can not tell what I should be focusing on. To me the image presents more of a mockery for something then trying to make art. I also define art by evoking an emotion in the viewer of the image. When I see this image it does not give me a sense of emotion, I just think hot I do not like the picture.

Food Face

 Each image in the series has a human subject covered in so much food you can’t even tell its a real person until you see the bare skin. The reason these images are not just a group of images and are a series is because each one involves food. Each photo has the same concept and look, making it a series. I think the photographer was trying to convey emotions in a unique way. If that was his intent with the series he hit it right on the money. Even though he conveyed what he wanted very well I find these images repulsive, they make my skin cringe.

Compare and Contrast

The composition of the first picture by Steve McCully is an informal photograph but the photo by Annie Levibovitz is a formal photo. Photo A is unposed and in the moment, where photo B is thought out and posed, this contrasts the two pictures. Photograph A and B are asymmetrical, but photo B has converging lines making it look almost symmetrical. The image by Steve McCully has a tight, cropped look which is portrayed by looking out of a car window with no depth of field behind the subjects. The photo by Annie Levibovitz is a open image taken far away with a long depth of field behind the subject. Also, image B has the rule of thirds in it from the buildings but image A does not have the rule of thirds.

Photograph A and B have opposite content in them. Photograph A has a women holding a child in it that is taken spontaneously, presenting a very strong emotion. Photo B is thought out with a planned emotion. The image has a posed subject in front of two buildings, one on each side of the masked women. I think each photos are very different with very little similarities. The only similarities I see are that they both have human subjects in them. Differences in the two photographs include emotions conveyed, posture, setting, exposure, and clarity. 

I think in photograph A the photographer, Steve McCully, was trying to evoke a strong emotion. Maybe curiosity, sadness, or a sense of being lost. Mr.McCully was really focused on the realness and emotion of the picture. Annie Leibovitz the photographer for photo B was trying to have a more artistic image; Its very posed, thought out, and structured. The photo has almost an empty feeling but very artistic. 

EMOTIONS

Anger

Anxiety

Fear

Grief

Joy

Love

Surprise

Trust