Photos have been altered in the dark room from the beginning. Also, any decision you make before or during the exposure is a manipulation, as I have illustrated in this folder of unmanipulated photos:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=366144
So photos have never been proof. They have only been an illustration of what a person has claimed to be the truth. If the person lies, so does the photo.
Maybe you could say that the lines goes in how I use the photo. If I say that is tells the truth, it should of course do so, according to my subjective opinion.
DagT
P� 24. apr. 2004 kl. 07.36 skrev Markus Maurer:
Hi Cotty
that's an interesting point for me: Where is the crossing line for
manipulating photos? And has there to be one?
Times where a photo was a proof are long gone.
I feel already like cheating a bit if I change anything on a photo, even
cropping. I don't know why.... actually.
I will answer more on your comments later
Markus
