Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Cover History
Early Magazine Covers
The early magazine covers have similar qualities of book covers.
They contain no information of whats inside of the magazine.
The Poster Cover
The early magazine covers have similar qualities of book covers.
They contain no information of whats inside of the magazine.
The Poster Cover
Poster covers convey a mood.
The picture was relied on to catch the readers intrest.
Pictures Married to Type
Some magazines depended on the cover lines to draw the reader in.
Cover lines were modest. Fashion magazines were more creative.
In the Forest of Words
Cover lines are equaly important to the art.
Cover lines are equaly important to the art.
Words overlap the art.
People rent parts of their bodies for advertisment.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Friday, December 7, 2007
Ethics of the Image
Photojournalism Ethics
Should a photojournalists ethics be absolute or situational? Why?
A photojournalists ethics should be situational because for every case its a different situation.
Can a photo really capture truth? Why or why not?
A photo can capture the truth because its a moment in time that was frozen. It can be changed by the way people people feel about it.
What decisions have you made as a photographer that "edit" reality? Explain.
I have made some changes to photo's but it doesnt change the story that the photo is telling it just changes little things.
Why is it important that news organizations have clearly defined ethical standards?
Its important because everyone needs to know the standards that they need to follow.
Fashion Ethics
List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
In some way it did plastic surgery, they fixed her face by altering different parts of it.
In your opinion, explain if you think it is ethically ok to change a person's appearance like this in a photo. No its not ok because they are fixing just imperfections on the face but it changes the story completly. She goes from being a average person, to being a perfect looking one just because of the alterations.
Under what circumstances is it worse than others?
Its ok change little imperfections but not to completly transform the person.
What types of changes are ok, and what aren't?
Acne is ok to change, but not actually features of a person.
Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
Fashion photography focuses on making the image perfect, altering anything to get there, and photojournalism tells the truth through the photo.
What relationship does each have to reality, and how does this affect the ethics of each.
Photojournalism is showing reality, and Fashion photography alters reality to make it look beautiful. Photojournalism follows the ethics of keeping the photograph true, Fashion photography changes the ethics to go along with what looks best.
Should a photojournalists ethics be absolute or situational? Why?
A photojournalists ethics should be situational because for every case its a different situation.
Can a photo really capture truth? Why or why not?
A photo can capture the truth because its a moment in time that was frozen. It can be changed by the way people people feel about it.
What decisions have you made as a photographer that "edit" reality? Explain.
I have made some changes to photo's but it doesnt change the story that the photo is telling it just changes little things.
Why is it important that news organizations have clearly defined ethical standards?
Its important because everyone needs to know the standards that they need to follow.
Fashion Ethics
List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
In some way it did plastic surgery, they fixed her face by altering different parts of it.
In your opinion, explain if you think it is ethically ok to change a person's appearance like this in a photo. No its not ok because they are fixing just imperfections on the face but it changes the story completly. She goes from being a average person, to being a perfect looking one just because of the alterations.
Under what circumstances is it worse than others?
Its ok change little imperfections but not to completly transform the person.
What types of changes are ok, and what aren't?
Acne is ok to change, but not actually features of a person.
Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
Fashion photography focuses on making the image perfect, altering anything to get there, and photojournalism tells the truth through the photo.
What relationship does each have to reality, and how does this affect the ethics of each.
Photojournalism is showing reality, and Fashion photography alters reality to make it look beautiful. Photojournalism follows the ethics of keeping the photograph true, Fashion photography changes the ethics to go along with what looks best.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Photo Manipulation
I find this photo to be the least appropriate
because they inserted an entire person into
it to show diversity at there school.
I consider this image to be one of the more appropriate
ones because its a flaw that she had that was fixed.
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