Fashion Photography

1. The model's eyes were made bigger
2. Her legs were made longer
3. She became skinnier
4. Her neck was made longer

1. her entire body overall is made skinnier
2. her hair is edited to be longer
3. her boobs were enlarged

4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not?
I don't think it is ethically acceptable to change a person's body to the extent that the videos showed. It projects an unrealistic standard of beauty to it's audience. Changing a person's appearance to meet this standard has a negative on the viewers.

5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
Yes, there are circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation. For example, changing person's skin color would be especially inappropriate, and offend viewers. Altering a photograph that covers a very serious subject matter is ethically wrong, and photographers and journalist doing this could get fired from their position.

6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
Editing levels is an ok change that wouldn't alter a photograph completely. I guess editing in objects and working with photoshop for an artistic purpose is ok too. What changes aren't ok are manipulating and changing a person's appearance to meet an unrealistic beauty standard.

7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
After seeing the videos I saw today, I feel like fashion photography can be more unrealistic with more glamor than photojournalism. Photojournalism seems to be more about photographs following rules of photography matched with quality content.

8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
A lot of fashion photography is getting farther away from reality as more advanced technology has been invented over the years. Like photoshop. In the fashion photography world, these practices could be seen as normal and ethically ok, but really they are creating an unrealistic standard of beauty to the audience. Photojournalism in comparison to fashion photography, is closer to reality.

9. Why do you think I am showing you these three videos?
I think we watched these videos so that we could be more aware of the darker side of photoshop and photography. It is important to know that the things fashion photography produces aren't always realistic.

10. Why are none of these videos about guys???
I think none of the videos showed guys because women over time have had to be objects of beauty. With impossible standards of beauty to meet, the videos showed girl's bodies being altered.