Ethics and photography
Photo manipulation
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How much manipulation should be allowed and what are the limits? Photography purists will argue that photographs should never be altered in any way, they should retain their originality. Some even argue that cropping should be a prohibited practice.
On the other side of the extreme, we’ve got people who take no shame in severely manipulating images, sometimes in order to influence people’s minds, alter their perceptions or their opinions.
Is there a sweet middle that satisfies photography ethics? I believe there is, but it is not an easy answer by any means – we need to look at each photography genre in detail, as it is a very complex topic.
Source: Ethics and photography, photography life.
