Composition and Manipulation Response

 The presentation on composition and manipulation brought up some pretty interesting and important ideas. One thing in the presentation I was most shocked by and never really thought about was the way in which journalistic photographers manipulated and set up the scene of a dead Haitian girl's body. It is quite disturbing to think that this is how these photographers are doing their jobs in places that are suffering from natural disasters and war just in the name of getting a good shot that will attract the most shock value or attention. The work these people do is very important but I think there is a fine line they walk with the ethics of what they do. Images of war and people suffering in other parts of the world is something that is important for people to see, as it brings attention to these issues and will hopefully encourage people to help in any way they. I do not think moving around a dead body and setting up a scene that is not based in reality is not how journalists should be reporting on these events. 

In the presentation we discussed a bit about the manipulated photo of Mussolini. It is true that looking at the altered photo you probably never would have thought twice about the possibility this photo was altered but I do think in this day in age people are less likely to trust what they see in print and online. Altered photos are all around us, people now use filters all the time, deep fake videos are now a thing where you can get anyone to say or do anything. I think it is expected that most media we consume today has been altered in someway. A lot of people don't trust everything the see or hear in print or online these days which is a great thing but also it can be really bad. Now that you can not trust anything you see, when something is true and fact people are way more likely to refute it.