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The ethics of photojournalism

The ethics of photojournalism. Thinking about manipulation, reality, taste and standards. Brian Walski. Brian Walski. Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?. Brian Walski. Isn’t everything we’re looking at real? What about the angle, or things that were edited out?. Brian Walski.

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The ethics of photojournalism

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  1. The ethics of photojournalism Thinking about manipulation, reality, taste and standards

  2. Brian Walski

  3. Brian Walski • Isn’t everything we’re looking at real?

  4. Brian Walski • Isn’t everything we’re looking at real? • What about the angle, or things that were edited out?

  5. Brian Walski • Isn’t everything we’re looking at real? • What about the angle, or things that were edited out? • Is this any different from what print journalists do?

  6. O.J. Simpson • In 1994, Time magazine published this photo on the cover

  7. O.J. Simpson • In 1994, Time magazine published this photo on the cover • Except that it didn’t look like this photo

  8. O.J. Simpson

  9. O.J. Simpson • Are you outraged?

  10. O.J. Simpson • Are you outraged? • Aren’t magazine covers manipulated all the time?

  11. O.J. Simpson • Are you outraged? • Aren’t magazine covers manipulated all the time? • Isn’t it obvious that this cover illustration was manipulated?

  12. NPPA Code of Ethics • “It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.”

  13. NPPA Code of Ethics • “It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.” • “In documentary photojournalism, it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in any way (electronically or in the darkroom) that deceives the public.”

  14. VictoriaSnelgrove • Outrage at the Herald

  15. VictoriaSnelgrove • Outrage at the Herald • Might publication have accomplished some good?

  16. NPPA Code of Ethics • “Our standards … shall have in them a note of sympathy for our common humanity and shall always require us to take into consideration our highest duties as members of society.”

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