Press Photography vs. Art Photography
What is Press Photography?
Press photography is a journalism characterized by the use of images to tell a story. The images in photojournalism may contain explanatory captions and words, or shown independently.
What is Art photography?
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Art photography is a photograph that is created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as an artist.
Differences
Press photography | Art photography |
Needs to be honest and informative | No need to be honest and informative |
Involves specific events | Does not involve specific events |
Must have fact, realistic meanings | Freedom |
Similarities
Similarity of Press photography and Art photography is, they both can be altered by photographers and artists.
Is it ethical and acceptable to alter press photographs?
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Altering press photographs is unacceptable because of various reasons. Press photographs involve specific events, and it needs to contain facts, information, and honesty. Altering the pictures is not ethical, because it can alter the way the story is represented. If you are using pictures to report the news, then the photographers are responsible for their images. The Ethics Guidelines of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) determine that photojournalists will not alter images and will inform the audience about staged photographs and illustrations. CAJ also quoted “Photojournalists are responsible for the integrity of their images. We will not alter images so that they mislead the public. We will explain in the photo caption of a photograph has been staged. We will label altered images as photo illustrations.”
Press photographs should not be altered, and must present to viewers just as they are.
Is it ethical and acceptable to alter art photographs?
Not like press photographers who needs to be responsible for telling the truth and honesty in their pictures, Art photographers have more freedoms. They are also responsible for their picture and images, but not like press photographers. It is ethical to alter art photographs, because by altering the image it can more express the feelings, meanings, and also the story of photographer wanted to tell. These photographs can be created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist, since they do not need to be informative, why not make photograph more interesting and creativity?
Art photographs can be altered as long as the viewer knows that it has been altered.
Bibliography
Icevska, G. (2009). Shooting the Truth: How Photographs in the Media Betray us. Retrieved on March 17, 2011 from http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzaG9vdGluZ3RoZXRydXRofGd4OmIxYjJjZTkyZjQzMGVmMQ
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