Archive for September 2011

07 Sep, 2011 | Posted by: st




THE REAL THING -- The foibles of the world – Secher: “‘Most of the photographs in your paper, unless they are hard news, are lies,’ ” says Martin Parr. “Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In the cookery pages, the food always looks amazing, right? Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.” SOURCE: Benjamin Secher http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/8723045/The-foibles-of-the-world.html
PHOTO: Martin Parr

PICTURE MANIPULATION and trust in a news imagery. Roger Tooth: “Going through the thousands of photographs that the Guardian picture desk receives each day, we try to keep a critical eye on anything that could be the result of digital retouching software like Photoshop. We are kept on our toes by eagle-eyed readers, always alive to the possibility of artifice. SOURCE: The Guardian ; http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/04/picture-manipulation-news-imagery-photoshop


NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T – Book Review by Saul Austerlitz. An analysis of well-known photos finds that the manipulated images can lead the way to different truths.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-04/ae/30113145_1_cannonballs-sontag-tour-guide


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