Press Photo 1
Photographer: Bo Bor
Press Photo 2
Photographer: Gleb Garanich
Art Photo 1
Dark City
By Seb Janiak
Art Photo 2
Breaunna in Cat Mask
By Albert Watson
In my opinion, the main differences between art and press photography is significance. Press photography can be defined as press photographers capture images to record news and lifestyle stories for publication. Those two press photos I posted upon could give you good examples. The first press photo was taken by Bo Bor, a Reuters photographer based in China, the photo was recorded the event of earthquake survivors rescue works in Sichuan Province. And the second press photo was taken by Gleb Garanich, a Reuters photographer based in Ukraine, in the photo, you could see a Georgian man mourning his brother after a bombardment in Gori. Through the press photos, the readers could totally feel what was it like to be in the news, events, and stories. In contrast to the press photography, art photography is defined as the photos are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist, so it is a thing that could influence photographers to create their own vision during the photo-taking process, but could not use to capture the news, events and life stories. If you compare the press photos and art photos I posted upon, you will clearly understand what is the main differences between them. Although press and art photographs have so much differences, they have a little similarities. It is there is no limitation on the images capturing. The images can be people, nature, landscape, buildings, fashion......and so on. Both of the photographs are created by photographers who have artistic knowledge and highly response.
Is it ethical and acceptable to alter art photographs? I believe that it is ethical and acceptable to do that. Photo enhancement is a good example, base on the photoshop functions, artist could edit the art photographs whatever they like in order to get different outcomes. For example, a portrait, through the photo enhancement, you can make the portrait's expression to be happy, sad, mad.....etc. Therefore, altering the photo not only will not change the sense of the photo, but also will make the photo looks more perfect. On the other hand, is it ethical and acceptable to alter press photographs? In this point, I think it is not ethical and acceptable to do that. Since the definition of press photographs is image to record news, events and lifestyle stories for publication. Therefore, if one alter the press photographs that will directly change the signification of the original photograph.
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