Here are some pictures that show the power Photoshop can have on photographed moments of history. Here in the first picture is Joseph Stalin in the 1900’s and the commissioner next to him. In the image underneath the commissioner has been removed through photo manipulation. The commissioner was believed to have been shot to death so he was removed from the photo. In the second set of images a man name Brian Walski combined two images together to dramatize it though Photoshop. Once found out he was fired. Programs like Photoshop can change an image entirely. As technology advances and more of these programs become available, it will be hard to distinguish what is real and what is not. This may take the originality out of photographs if everything can be rearranged, removed, and added. Will Photoshop continue to be interesting when people use it to manipulate what you see and tell lies like the images above? I think Photoshop is a wonderful software however, when it is used in a way like the images above that are recorded, the message is falsely conveyed. The picture of the American soldier was posted in the newspaper and manipulated people to create a more powerful meaning that was not there to begin with. Even though Photoshop is available for use it still should not be abused just to catch the attention of the public eye.
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