Assignment 3 - Political

How is photography "political"

Photography is very much political, everything about photography is political. Every time you look at a photograph you judge it you analysis it you find imbedded issues even if they are not there. When looking a a portrait you instantly analysis and judge the person e.g. if they are look skuffy with worn clothes you assume they are poor.

In this photo you will automatically assume that she is an attractive rich young girl. This makes it political because we are comparing her to other people. Basically almost every photo of a person can be political because we are comparing them to other people.

Ashely Murray, 2008, viewed 11th of may 2010,

http://AEloiseM.deviantart.com/art/The-Rich-Bitch-80863437

Assignment 1

Ethical Photojournalism
Its Authenticity and Impact

This Article written by John Kaplan gives us a inside look into into the world of the line between ethical and unethical photographs in the photo journalism world. In photojournalism most photos are considered to be unaltered and therefor the views put their trust in the truth of the imagery. To later these images can change the complete meaning of the photograph and could be unethical.


TV Guide's Oprah Winfrey Cover, 1989
This cover contains one of the most famous for its manipulation, one is the money she is sitting on and of cousre this is not even Oprah Winfrey but just her face.




This is the Original Image of Ann-Margret, This dress is a one of a kind by Bob Mackie





This images and research resourced from

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1924226_1949540,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1924226_1949538,00.html