Censorship & Truth

Censorship & Truth.


Ansel Adams
The idea of dark room manipulations.

Stalin with Naikolai Yezhov
The image on the right he has been removed from it.

This is a manipulated photography so therefore not true.

These are created by adbusters and therefore there is a questioning of whether advertising is ethical.

Kate Winslet GQ
Elongated the length of her legs on photoshop, you may question is there any real problem to manipulate things to sell a product? Arguably you may consider examples of documentary film as then it does matter as it presents and communicates a certain message as it becomes very powerful & strong.

The photographer is not liable for the manipulation, he complained as he argued that it wasn't communicating what he photographed.

Robert Capa
In terms of truth as he is not called robert capa in real life, he changed his name to sell photographs. They built up a myth of a name. He was in actual fact Eastern European although he created an image of an American. This is an image in terms that is this an actual moment of a death of a solider or was it set up? Or does it matter as it captures the scene well and communicates the message.


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Ths is writing about WW2.
This is the image with the caption that complimented the photograph. the description is poetic in terms of language. It paints a poetic image which is persuasive and shows what has gone on and a persuasive way to think about it.


Jean Baudrillard
A postmodernist thinker. and talks about simulacra & simulations.
This idea of simulation with it having no parallel with reality.



Peter Turnley
He says in this quotation that he captured the mine of death. This took place on the morning of the day the war ended. He talks about the carnage he witnessed and what he photographed and how he wasn't allowed to show them. He is talking about the run up to the second gulf war. This is to communicate not my point of view but to show the citizens about the war.

This is convoy that is in Bangdad, this is when the war had finished and these people had been destroyed. With the idea of propaganda. He wanted to show you something very different to what the press would have shown you.

Macey D
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He caused offense to the people who had relatives who died in the WW. He was saying that its not really like a war we know it, we might see it as a reproduction of war as it was designed as media coverage. He pointed out that it coincided with eastern standard time.

Baudrillard
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He discusses the strange realities of seeing it on CN.

Peter Turnley
He is trying to get away form the way and the immediate effect. You can question that this may cause distress. The use of black & white photography, does it take away from the detail of reality.

Ken Jarecke
He photographed in the same convoy as Peter, at this point he was allowing, it was too true for people to see as you may question do you want the things we see to be censored?

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This quote is arguably one sided. He makes the point of its a simulation. Do you want an accurate detail of truth with the detail or not know the truth.

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The gulf war did not take place.
Its talking about the idea of metaphors been used to communicate the truth.

An-My Le
These images are not real to reality. A very different representation of war compared to Peter.

Censorship

Morals

Ethics

Theodore
This is a blique perception of the world.

Cadburys Flake
They have played on this sexuality ambiguity.


Oliviero Toscani
His photographs have been used in these adverts. The criticism of this is that we don't know if this is a simulated theme. This was when HIV was a sexual transmitted disease. He was made to look like Jesus an therefore created shock to a lot of Italians.

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Could question the fact if is there anything innocent about a baby been born.


Agnolo Brozino
The question of nudity. Its famous for a number of reasons. You are seeing the mythological subject matter, it aint true but its representing. The woman and the son, snogging his mother but this is acceptable because of the culture of art.

Edouard Manet
Andy Earl
This caused shock. Due to the singer been 15 at the time of doing this shooting. The public perception is changing due to notions of pedophilia. Nobody batted an eyelid at the time. You may also say that has it been placed as a piece of fine art and justifiable.

Amy Adler
She looks ate the irreconcilable rule of artistic practice.

The Miller Test
Is there a thing as a average person. Arguably this is something people have been trying to change for years. Should it be something that is available to everybody. Should we acknowledge this average person. Who is to decide whether your a creative perosn and what is a serious value or not.

Obscenity Law

Sally Mann
Childhood photography, she is often critiqued. The use of the candy cigarettes and if they should be available to buy as does it encourage smoking. She documents her family growing up.
Its been questioned of is this damaging to the children. Is it child pornography?


Tierney Gearon
She is arguably more naive more than innocent. She met Nigella Lawson at some party and a former fashion model.

Untitled 2001
A lot of the elements of the gaze theory tie in with this. Her grandfather is in the background. The male looking at the female and her wearing a mask so she can't return the gaze. At the time there was a media sensation about it and the gallery deemed nothing wrong with it.

Nan Goldin
She says her friends children was playing and she captured the image.

Richard Prince
This was published in a photoshoot. Her mother allowed her to go ahead and appeared in an adult mens magazine. He has a whole set of images of dealing with the demise of the spiritual in America.

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This makes the change of the public perceptions.

Spiritual American
This is how they got rid of the art, the legal view points changing and therefore the publics view changing due to this image been seen now as offensive.

Richard Prince.
She asked him to photograph her. You may question the sexual objectification of women or is it playing to the preconceptive notions of women in art.