Assignment
2: Press photography versus art photography
Option
1:
1. The main
differences and similarities between art and press photography;
3. Is it ethical
and acceptable to alter press photographs? Why? Why not?
1.
Press photography is synonymous with Photojournalism, which is news photography the telling of a news story primarily through pictures. The "press" refers to the printing press used to produce a newspaper. Other synonyms include news photography and news picture photography. Good photographer use images, emotion or action, a great press photograph can tell an entire story without any words. It evokes a response and speaks for itself. A good press photograph also requires quality and clarity as it seeks to speak for itself.
About the art photography, the term fine art photography is
used to refer work created with such a desire in mind, to articulate an
impression, a feeling about, or relationship with the world.
I think the relationship between the press photography and
art photography is similar to hunter and cooks. One of them is responsible for shoot;
one of them is responsible to alter.
When journalists
discuss photographs using visual terms, the conversation goes beyond subjective
likes and dislikes to address the actual value of the image. So both
of art and press photography
But art and press photography still have some difference. Art photography can be changed what the artiste want, the press photography can’t be changed.
2.
In my opinion, it
is ethical and acceptable to alter art photographs. Art photographs are a way
for artists to bring life to images that previously existed only in their
imaginations. 
By
placing a red light source in this mailbox, Peterson transformed what would
have been a normal street scene into a menacing mystery and storytelling image.
Chris
Clor's dramatic photograph of this bull rider won the Communication Arts
Photography Competition. Combining separate shots of the bull, the rider,
Superstition Mountains and the sky, he knitted them together in Photoshop.
Although it was shot for a client selling boots, the image represents a
possible reality because of Clor's composition.
3.
Some of the
altering is less innocuous. But not all of them should be edited. When
photographs are used in news, they become a language to tell people the truth. The
photographs used must be a fair and accurate representation of the events they
depict and must not leave opportunities for bias. The real truth can’t be
edited at all. 
Michel de Broin Majestic 2011 lamp-posts, steel,
glass, electricity 10.9 Å~ 10.9 Å~ 9.1 m
(Gift of Donald and
Beth Sobey, Nova Scotia, 2012 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)-- Pictures
at an exhibition: the National Gallery biennale (From The Globe and Mail)
Michael Appleton
2006, New Orleans On September 4, 2005, nearly a week after New Orleans’ flood defences failed under the impact of Hurricane Katrina, much of the city remained underwater and deserted. To add insult to injury, fires continued to burn as a result of gas leaks, fallen power lines and in some cases, arson.
2006, New Orleans On September 4, 2005, nearly a week after New Orleans’ flood defences failed under the impact of Hurricane Katrina, much of the city remained underwater and deserted. To add insult to injury, fires continued to burn as a result of gas leaks, fallen power lines and in some cases, arson.
References:
Art photography: When 'reality isn't good
enough' By Ashley Strickland, CNNhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/nov/10/100-years-press-photography
Theguardian: 100 years of great press photographs
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/pictures-at-an-exhibition-the-national-gallery-biennale/article5157367/
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