Ok, so I didn't pick a LOL Cat picture for analysis, but it relates to the mission assigned.
Looking through the multiple, manipulated photos posted on the CNET website, I found an image titled "Shark Attack". Anything with sharks is bound to be epic. Originally, this photo was just a regular picture of a U.S. Air Force helicopter hovering over water with someone hanging down on a rope-ladder. Someone, I'm guessing from Museum of Hoaxes, had horizontally flipped the picture and photoshopped a shark lunging towards the man on the ladder. The manipulation was for the "wow" effect since it made its circulations around the internet in 2001.
Now whether this manipulation is harmful can be seen in two ways. From one side, this manipulation distorts the truth and originality of the picture. It has destroyed a frozen frame of history and created a fictional, fun-size cartoon in its place. On the other hand, photography is art, and manipulating photos is now a part of art. Art expresses opinions, views, and ideas. It is through art that human imagination is seen at its greatest.
Great post! I loved this:
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, photography is art, and manipulating photos is now a part of art. Art expresses opinions, views, and ideas. It is through art that human imagination is seen at its greatest.
This is really cool
ReplyDeleteDang, I forgot about this one. This is good stuff!
ReplyDeleteGreat job very nice
ReplyDeleteThis was such an interesting photograph. Great job!
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