Photojournalism Ehtics

Ethics in photojournalism should be situational because different situations have different requirements as to what's ethical and what's not. A photo can capture the truth of a moment as long as the photographer knows what's going on and what to look for. As a photographer, I've made changes to color levels, contrast, and edited scratches. It's important for news organizations to clearly define ethical standards so that the people know whether or not what they are looking at is real or faked.


Fashion Ethics

Changes that were done to the model's face include:
enlarging the eyes and lips
pulling down the hairline
enlongating the eyebrows and neck (moving up the head)
decreasing the size of the ears
and moving around the hair

I believe it is OK as long as the model agrees to the manipulation and views the final product. Also, as long as the subject of the photo is still emphasized, it should still be ethical. It's worse if a model does not agree to the changes done to the photo or the main point of the original photo was taken out. I believe changes done to the background or a person's face are OK.

The difference between photojournalism and fashion photography is that in photojournalism, you are looking for the truth behind a story whereas in fashion photography, you are looking to bring out a certain aspect of a photo for advertisement. Both deal with reality in the way that they must have some part of it in the photo. For example in photojournalism, reality and truth is the key and in fashion photography, reality is in the subject of the photo (makeup, clothing, etc.)