Thursday 22 March 2007

Vulture photo

I have read an article that is not about techniques or filters. I am almost sure you all can recognize the photo of a vulture behind a near death girl in Africa. It gained a lot of prizes (Pulitzer for example) and it showed a real situation in that continent.

But reality can have several faces. In this article we can see a bit about... ethical photography? It is lawful to show only what you want, or should your photos reflect the real situation?

In this case, the photographer decided to show a terrific, but not very truthful, photo. Instead of gimp/photoshop he used a "legal" camera technique.

It is up to you to decide.

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PS: The articule is in Spanish

3 comments:

Manuel Castillo said...
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Manuel Castillo said...

More info about the photographer and the consequences of the photo in:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/paginas/fotografia/pesadilla/elppor/20070318elpepspag_10/Tes