Mark Hancock is a photojournalist who spends an incredible amount of time on his blog - with research, trends and explanations of his work.
I have heard about various cases of image manipulation in news outlets over the years, and always wondered what these people were thinking. In the post linked to below, Hancock has detailed the specifics of multiple cases - going all the way back to Mathew Brady in the 1860s.
I encourage you to read through it - it is long, but very thorough and definately worth the time. I will be sharing this entry with my journalism students this fall.
Miyamura High School
Gallup, NM
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Interesting piece, Jeff. Thank you for posting the link.
ReplyDeleteI remember several of the incidents involving Associated Press stories.
A program a year or two ago on the History Channel showed how Mathew Brady would drag the bodies of Civil War soldiers to other places on the battlefield and pose the bodies to get the look (if you can call it that) he wanted for his photos.
Mark Webber
Laredo, Texas
I did a research paper on Brady during my undergrad work - he made very few of the images. He was the owner and had people shooting for him and his name went on the photos. His eyesight was so poor it is amazing he was able to make photos at all.
ReplyDeleteAs for moving things, see the movie "The Public eye" and you hear the quote to put the hat next to the body because "people like to see the hat".
Jeff Jones
Gallup, NM