Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1) Some of the main points I read about were, photo integrity, who's to blame, what is and isn't acceptable for photoshopping, splicing other peoples faces onto different bodies, inserting people into photos they weren't originally in, and minor photoshops that I believe weren't a big deal.

2) They believe that photo integrity should be honored. They have even set certain guidelines at The Washington Post and New York Times for the photographers to turn in the original photos, and then the final composite.

3) I believe making minor alterations to someones features with the permission of the subject is acceptable because it doesn't necessarily change the overall composition of the photo. Also, you have the permission of the subject to do so. However, completely changing the colors, or who was featured in the picture, or splicing heads onto bodies, is not acceptable. These kinds of photoshop completely change the original photo. Also, it makes things worse when no permission is granted to do so.


I believe that this photo is very unethical. The editors took Oprah Winfrey's head and spliced it onto Ann-Margret's body from a completely different photo shoot. To make things worse, no permission was given by either of the two, Oprah and Ann-Margret.


For this picture, I think that the photoshop done was quite minor. All the editors did was change her teeth to make them look better. Nothing was changed about the photo composition.