First Press Photograph:
Date: November 7, 2011 - Picture by Zoya McGroarty
A school war memorial in Toronto, Malvern Collegiate Institute, was vandalized.
Second Press Photograph:
Date: July 12, 2010 – Picture by Noah Markus
A picture of a massive crowd celebrating the victory of Spain in the World Cup.
First Art Photograph:
Date: 1990 – Picture by Andre Kertesz
A picture of a landing pigeon in New York City.
Second Art Photograph:
Date: 1942 – Picture by Ansel Adams
A picture of the Tetons and the Snake River.
The main differences and similarities between art and press photography:
The second picture from the press photograph and the second picture from the art photograph have one similarity, which is that both pictures are taken at a similar angle that shows scenery. The second press photograph shows a street car, a massive crowd, buildings, the sky, and of course the Spain culture and flags while the second art image shows trees, grass, a body of water (lake), mountains, and the sky. Thus, there are a few similarities with some art and press photographs as they contain the same thing in the picture in this case like the sky and clouds and that they were taken at a similar angle that shows scenery for the two images compared to each other.
The difference between press and art photographers “nowadays the photographer in the role of a photo editor (or other way around) could make the same picture in Photoshop. Of course you have to wait for it… maybe thirty minutes… and you might get a nice piece of art. Unfortunately some media will use it as a journalistic photography, to tell us the news of the day (Icevska, 2009).” Press photographers do not have a role of a photo editor as they are not allowed to later photographs at all. They have to wait for the perfect time to snap a picture and capture reality as best as they can. When the picture is captured there is nothing to do after. The photograph stays like that, so it can resemble reality as much as possible. No altering what so ever and the person’s job is done. The art photographer can spend as much time as needed to touch up the photograph after they have taken it.
Is it ethical and acceptable to alter art photographs? Why? Why not?
Yes, I do believe it is acceptable to alter art photographs. Art photographs are supposed to have your mindset somewhere else. Basically thinking outside the box, it makes you have a different feeling that you normally don’t feel. The photographs are not necessary suppose to show reality, but rather show the photographers creativity. The photographers are there to express their unique images to viewers to have their mind captured to the picture. Going over the top with altering the photos is okay as long as the photographer has believe it is nice enough to be represented to the public to view. Art photographers altering photo is a skill, so not all art photographers would have to the same editing skills.
Is it ethical and acceptable to alter press photographs? Why? Why not?
No, it is not ethical and/or acceptable to alter press photographs. It is wrong to alter a press photograph to deceive the public. In addition, altered press photographs would cause conspiracy. Press photographs objective is an image that tells the real story, in a way that they portray the reality of the event. Once alter the realism of the picture is not real anymore. The press photograph should only be published if it was the original photograph taken.
References:
Kertesz, A., & Cartier-Bresson, H. (n. d). Capturing the moment. Retrieved on November 8, 2011 from https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dc99qrtt_148ft2crzfz&ncl=true&pli=1
Adams, A. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved November 8, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-art_photography
Flack, D. (2010, July 12). blogTO. Retrieved November 8, 2011, from http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/07/toronto_celebrates_spains_world_cup_victory/
Icevska, G. (2009). The world of Photographers and Photojournalists.
McKeown, S. (2011, November 7). CityNews Toronto. Retrieved November 8, 2011, from Citytv: http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/166470--malvern-collegiate-s-war-memorial-vandalized
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