Fashion Ethics

The models face was changed in many ways including:
-Her eyes were made larger
-Her neck was lengthened
-Her eye brows were raised
-Reshaped her head and neck
-Made her lips more plump
-Her acne was covered even more then the make-up could do

All of these changes were unethical. That's not what the women looks like at all. By the end, it hardly resembled her at all. By doing this, girls are taught their whole life that that's what your suppose to look like when its unrealistic. It makes girls feel ugly when they really aren't.

I think that all situations are unethical. Sometimes they don't alter the woman's appearance that much and its not as bad but its still wrong.

I think that all changes are wrong and shouldn't be done. I personally have felt bad about myself because of photos like that. You just shouldn't make her into a plastic barbie look.

The difference between fashion photography and photojournalism is that its not a fashion photographers job to tell the truth, its their job to take a good photo of a stereotypical pretty woman or man. They are linked though because they both effect people. People see these photos and they change that person and its not right to be lied to. They are two different industries so they aren't going to follow the same rules. One is obviously going to be more ethical then the other.

Photojournalism Ethics

I think that a photojournalists ethics should be absolute. Photojournalists jobs are to give the truth to the people through photos and if you are changing a photo even in the slightest you are lying to the people. Some people rely on photos of Iraq to inform them about the news and if the photojournalist changes the photo then people are going to be lied to and start thinking differently about the world.

I believe that a photo can capture truth because people are often not believed when they are actually telling the truth and a photo can be the one thing that helps them out. But on the other hand, a true photo can easily be interpreted differently then the truth so its not always helpful.

The only editing I have done has been fixing scratches and spots with little editing of the levels. I believe that i haven't edited the reality though by doing that.

Its important that there is a set rule about ethics because if there isn't, people are going to be lying to us left and right and they aren't going to have any consequences for it either. Its their job to report the truth but they aren't.