famous Photoshoped North Korean funeral photo "mandatory kill", i.e. DO NOT USE

[Frontman]

is this any worse than what 'western' governments do? post-hoc "enhanced" propaganda material isn't exactly new, neither here nor there.
a forest of glass houses and stones waiting to be thrown.




dynamic ethics, huh...

Compariing North Korea to any "western" government is a stretch, to say the least. In the west we don't require every man, woman, and child to wear a pin bearing a picture of our "beloved" leader. Being in Asia I get to watch North Korean television broadcasts from time to time, you should take a listen some time, if only for the entertainment value. But the ridiculousness of the programs is tempered a little by the knowledge that North Korea is a nuclear power.

 

[sepiareverb]

Just read last night in 'Photography After Frank' that there are numerous prints in the NYT files where "...one or more people have been airbrushed out of the picture." Gefter goes on to say "To be fair, these changes were made not for the sake of censorship, but rather as part of an editing process simply to filter out unwanted information- perhaps no more egregious than cutting down a subject's spoken quotation to its salient points." (from 'The Staged Document' p. 55 in Photography After Frank by Philip Gefter)

I liked this.

http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/

One has to wonder if that is all the rice in North Korea he's looking at there.

 

[sepiareverb]

... actually, why is there so much shadow detail in the front of the space-suit, yet none at all in the shadow it's casting on the ground?

Perhaps it is the lack of atmosphere? This was also a late 60's early 70's emulsion.

 

[Mudman]

First thing I thought of was the PS'd photo of Obama after the oil spill.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/06/economist-defends-photosh_n_636034.html

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

Compariing North Korea to any "western" government is a stretch, to say the least. In the west we don't require every man, woman, and child to wear a pin bearing a picture of our "beloved" leader. Being in Asia I get to watch North Korean television broadcasts from time to time, you should take a listen some time, if only for the entertainment value. But the ridiculousness of the programs is tempered a little by the knowledge that North Korea is a nuclear power.

albeit being of a slightly different nature, does western television's ridiculousness not amuse you? I am not trying to defend North Korea, mind you. the original discussion was about manipulating "objective" rolleyes media information - such as photographs - though, and that was more or less what I was referring to.

 

[Jonathan Paul]

We all know the news isn't the truth anyway though. That said, you are correct... allowing photoshop would be a whole new level of dishonesty.

Well said.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Technology should be condemned in all its forms.

 

[TXForester]

I think the best part of the article are the reader's comments.

Some people learned to read in school, but failed in reading comprehension. The article clearly states the photos are from two cameras (one we can assume is a N. Korean state camera), yet some don't get it. And, one person asked if they can see the unretouched photo. Sure you can. I'm sure N. Korea would gladly let you see it.

 

[TXForester]

I wonder who sold them photoshop. I didn't know we had any trading going on with them. Perhaps they used a Chinese knock-off version???

Maybe they down loaded GIMP.