The sudden boom in globalization and technology has impacted the world the world in influx and continuous increase of technology has impacted in several ways towards the world we live in, its society, culture and most importantly the individual's identity. Photography as mentioned before plays a vital role in the world we live in therefore it too is technologically related in our societies.
Unmistakeably, photography is related to digital technology as cameras have evolved from time to time. Within this digital technology digital imaging has come about; digital imaging also known as Digital Image Processing and Digital Photographic Imaging is a method of image editing in which a picture is scanned from an original document to digital information in the form of pixels that can be read and manipulated by a computer, and subsequently reformed as a visible image. This revolutionary technology to a certain extent has supplemented the changing of people's images thus creating false identities and at the same time has been at the hands of fraud. In terms of fraud, signatures on documents have been "airbrushed" to fit there criminal purpose. The popular term "airbrush" is the manipulation of photography. In other words "airbrush" is when one improves the image of a person or a thing by hiding its defects beneath a bland exteriors. When using this form of technology it becomes difficult for one to distinguish or identify the difference between the original and the "airbrushed" image. On the other hand this form of technology down-plays the whole objective of photography as a whole, as it completely opposes the essence of the photograph in the first place.
Alternatively, airbrushing photographs does to a certain extent have its perks as it can provide the user the options of rectifying imperfections and enhancing the image. At the same time this sort of photography does pose the question of whether or not people are in fact being truthful of what they are portraying or are taking advantage of this technology and presenting false images of themselves. Airbrushed photography can be looked at as an art form but at the same time can be argued that the art presented is not the true portrayal of what the artist really saw at the time the photograph was taken. In essence, photography should be seen has the creation of memories and the portrayal of an individual's identity.
2 comments:
With the amount of things that are available to do with existing it begs the question that how real can a picture be because many models can have their faults fixed as well as some political pictures can be altered in order to create a stir
indeed it's true that a photo is not what is seems anymore thanks to photographic technology. i think what is mostly sad about this is the result of sociall ills such as young girls resenting the way that they look in actual life and obssessing about the photos of celebrities that they see in magazines. girls are increasimgly finding it hard to accept their imperfections and in most cases than not we are faced with the challenge to affirm their eroded dignities and pride.
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