This week we explored the concept of photojournalistic integrity and how easily and effectively pictures can be altered. Journalists, as well as photographers, are bound to another code of ethics that is only slightly different. The two groups of reporters are made to follow basically the same set of "rules" that are put in place with the hope that the public won't be mislead.
When photographers and reporters violate certain ethics they are often harshly criticized by their peers and coworkers. Are these criticisms fair or not? Should photojournalists be held to a certain set of standards and ethics, and if so should these standards be held to everyone who publishes photographs? For example, should commercial photographs have its own set of ethics? What about the pictures you see in fashion magazines?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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