Unit 7 Activity 3

Activity 3

• As editors exercise their ever-increasing power over information control, what limits would you impose on them as to the extent to which they can manipulate the photographic image? 
• Devise a series of guidelines that will control the release of images that have been constructed for media use so that the public is aware as to the extent of the manipulation.

I feel like it's okay for editors to do their jobs by editing photographs so that they look great for the magazines or newspapers that they're going to be shown in. Although, they shouldn't be allowed to completely manipulate the photograph because that's basically lying to the public just like they did in the magazine above. I think there should be some guidelines when it comes to professionally editing pictures. The editors shouldn't be allowed to photoshop a completely unnecessary object into one photograph like they did in the picture with the shark. I don't think editors should even be allowed to make models look thinner than they really are because doing that is just blatantly lying to the public. I feel like with these new guidelines morals and ethics would work into play and people would realize that its more important to tell the truth through their photos instead of lying by using a huge amount of skills through photoshop.