I chose to go to the workshop called “Touch Up or Too Much: The Ethics of Photoshop.” Our two UCO photography professors, Jesse Miller and Mark Zimmerman, put on this workshop with a guest speaker who is currently a photographer at the Daily Oklahoman.
Being
a photographer I already hear about this topic pretty frequently, but it is
always something to remind myself about. I hate Photoshop, I rarely ever use it
and I sometimes forget how often it is used, especially in advertising. I personally
do not think it is right for people to be able to contort someone’s face,
almost beyond recognition to make them “beautiful.” When I edit, all I ever
really do is brighten up colors and remove blemishes.
It
is unreal to me that some people think that it is okay to completely morph
faces and bodies in a photo. To me, a photograph is just used to capture a
moment in its real form. So I agree it becomes an ethical issue if the editor
is completely changing the appearance of someone, especially when it comes to
advertising purposes.
I
think appearance is something that society definitely struggles with today,
especially with women and young girls. With the advancements with Photoshop it
has definitely not helped that mentality. Everyone strives to look like the
“perfect” models they see on the magazine covers. I like that this has become a
bigger issue, and that people are challenging the editors and the magazines to
stop with the Photoshop and to show real life people on the covers and in their
advertisements with real bodies.
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