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::: The Travel Photographer ::: Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work Philippe Plisson ZUCO.ORG Hunting images. Developing ideas. Living Art. Photojournalism Ethics: Chapter Six Photojournalism has a long and cherished tradition of truthfulness. The impact of the visual image on a viewer comes directly from the belief that the "camera never lies." As a machine, the camera faithfully and unemotionally records a moment in time. But a machine is only as truthful as the hands that guide it. John Szarkowski (1980), director of photography for the Museum of Modem Art in New York, explained that when truthfulness and visual impact are combined in a powerful picture, such an image can shock the public. But that public trust, however, can also be manipulated. The faking of photographs, either through stage direction by the photographer or through picture manipulations, also has a long tradition. The media have been criticized for showing so many gruesome images that the public has hardened toward violent injustices. Howard Chapnick (1982) eloquently summed up the dangers to journalism with such manipulations. Hippolyte Bayard and the First Faked Photograph C.

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