Overview
- Notions of censorship and truth
- The indexical qualities of photography in rendering truth
- Photographic manipulation and the documentation of truth
- Censorship in advertising
- Censorship in art and photography
Problem
with manipulating images to sell a product, how you present or communicate a
certain message.
Robert
Capa, truth is an interesting proposition, Robert
Capa pseudonym built up. Is this the point in death of a loyalist
solider or was it just set up? It is the actual death of the solider, negatives
were found.
With
lively step, breathing
the wind, clinching their rifles, they ran down the slope covered with thick
stubble................
Gulf war started to be
picked up at the time of the news being on, geared up to be a media production
of war. Strange realities of seeing it on CNN, anchorman back in the studio
trying to keep them talking when really the want to flea and get away before
they get bombed.
Does the black and white
take away from the horror of the image? does it censor it?
One of first truly
shocking images that was placed on the front of newspapers, too true for people
at home, gruesome reality of what goes on.
Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech or
other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful,
sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by a government,
media outlet or other controlling body.
Morals
pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
Ethics
moral principles that
govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Cadburys have played on
the sexual ambiguity of flakes in there adverts since the beginning.
Benetton,
dying aids is it actual truth? or is it set up? Italy being
catholic, criticism made to look like dying
jesus renaissance paintings but they're homophobic. Having an advert
banned is just as good as having it out there,
Damaging
to the children, should it be allowed to be out there. Are they akin to child
pornography.