So as a college student it is all too easy to look at Facebook photos of people you know and think "Wow they have such white teeth!"
(They don't, they just know how to edit a photo.)
(They don't, they just know how to edit a photo.)
In today's day and age using photo shop or some other editing program has become second nature.
Source: http://www.seanpercival.com/blog/2009/02/11/rihanna-bruised-picture/
Above is Rhianna with bruises covered a her lip magically unsplit. This isn't even a drastic change in comparison to many images on the internet.
So does this means photographs don't depict the truth?
Can people truly make them say anything they wish to convey?
How does this effect photos of archeological digs?
Are mummies soon going to have pearly whites like your friend on Facebook?
Maybe.
Source: http://dougsarchaeology.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/archaeologists-find-giants-in-greece-oh-no-here-we-go/
Giants found in Greece.
In today's day and age this image could go viral within minutes.
Does the following photo look familiar?
Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/which-awe-inspiring-hurricane-pic-youve-likely-seen-is-actually-a-fake/
If you haven't heard it is a fake. When Hurricane Sandy hit this photo went viral all over social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Not till hours later did the truth come out. It was a fake.
Photos can lie.
If you didn't guess no giants were truly found in Greece, Just a good example of editing.
I think that it is important for everyone to have a critical eye when looking at photographs and to remember that, even though you want to, you cannot believe everything you see. I feel like the person who created that image of the supposed Hurricane Sandy knew that it would really freak people out, and then those people would want to show everyone else how "scary" it is, and then look at that it's viral! But, come on, that image is crazy, how could you just automatically believe in that? I just think that it is necessary to take photos (on Facebook especially!) with a grain of salt or you're definitely getting fooled more often than not.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think the editors need to realize that it's their responsibility not to produce and distribute false images. Some people take the time to look into whether or not it's photoshopped, but most people take a glance and take it for true. Educating the public about these photos is important, but so is educating the photoshoppers about the importance of not falsifying images.
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