The Ethics of Digital Manipulation

                     

                          Since the creation of photography people have seen it as the purest way to capture the essence of nature.  Although it can be an accurate representation of the surrounding view it can also easily be altered. Many people weren’t aware of the idea of Photoshop at the time however, there were exceptions. People have manipulated photos since photography was invented and it proves that the innocence of photographs aren’t so innocent. Artist use Photoshop as a tool to create, enhance or manipulate images to create a visual pleasure to the eye. Whether it is reality or art they’re trying to achieve all depends on the amount of work the put in to alter the picture. Now although they might not put any work in to altering the image this does not mean it is still a pure representation of what they were trying to capture. A photo lenses can never truly capture the essence of nature. Neither can the human eye, the image we see is manipulated through the capabilities of what we posses within our eyes, and if our eyes aren’t even capable of see the true essence how can a lenses capture it. The credibility of photography is only justifiable by the viewers themselves.