For "Pictures that lie" we had to pick one picture from several others that have been doctored for different reasons. I chose the picture by Adnan Hajj originated in the Lebanese capital after an Israeli air raid because it was a picture published in the Reuters, which I consider a good source of information and it shocked me that they posted an altered picture related to serious news.
The picture shows the Lebanese capital with smoke coming out of a building. Hajj altered the picture by adding more smoke and making it look darker. He said that "he was trying to remove dust marks and that he made mistakes due to the bad lighting conditions he was working under."
I believe the manipulation was somehow harmful because it might have overreacted the story and made the attack more powerful than what it really was. Also, because Reuters published it, it makes them lose credibility and professionalism. This assignment made me realize that we need to be critical thinkers and not let ourselves be fooled by images, even if the come from a "reliable" source. We need to check more than one source, it's better to have too much information than not enough information.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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5 comments:
I agree that they made the picture look worse than it really was. Reuters probably shouldn't have used it
Karen,
I liked the picture that you chose. I agree that it was harmful to mess with the picture, because it depicted a worse scenario than it actually was.
Zack Garcia
I agree..more info is better than none.
I agree that we need to be more critical when looking at the news. Before technology like photo shop a picture could be taken for face value, where as now, we have to constantly wonder if the picture has been modified.
Wise reaction to realizing that looking at more than one source is a necessity. Though this saying could be a pinch hyperbolic, it still evinces a truth: "Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of that you see."
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