The Power of a Little Alteration.

Photojournalism is an area of photography dedicated to taking accurate shots of certain events (Photography 2012). this profession is really fun yet dangerous at the same time because it requires the worker to be in the exact location in order to capture a good shot of a particular event thus the workers will risks themselves if they are appointed to the war country. one of the examples, Issam Rimawi was hurt when he was appointed to shoot the weekly friday protests eent that was taken place in Nabi Saleh, Palestine. he was hit by a tear gas canister on the leg (WAFA 2011).

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Like editors and writers, a photojournalist is held to a stand of ethics. a good example of photojournalism is it can engages the viewer to make them want to read more. one of the examples is the image that was taken in New York, the destruction of the WTC (World Trace Center on September 11th, 2011. the image that was originally taken by Lyle was a huge success because it ended up to be on the cover of TIME magazine (Owerko 2011).

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Presenting an accurate and real picture to the publication is crucial because one code of the ethic is to not altering pictures using any kind of computer software (re: photoshop, etc) as it is considered taboo and once, the publication know, the career would be destroyed (Bersak 2006). However, as there are some competitive in media outlet, hence there are some publications that purposely edit the images due to attract buyer. mostly is a magazine, tabloid that contain on celebrity news, etc like Metropolitan for instance (Testi 2006)

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the photo clearly shown the difference between left and right, they would have edited the upper part bigger that definitely is going to appeal the readers especially for boys. to conclude, altering images in photojournalism is not bad as long as it is still under the sake of beneficial for the publication. 

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Reference: 

- Bersak, DR 2006, Ethnic in Photojournalism: Past, Present and Future, Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies, viewed on June 7th 2012, <http://web.mit.edu/drb/Public/PhotoThesis/>.
- Photography 2012, Photojournalism, viewed on June 7th 2012, <http://www.photography.com/articles/types-of-photography/photojournalism/>.
- Owerko, L 2011, When no Birds Sang, The Good Men Project, viewed on June 7th 2012, <http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/when-no-birds-sang/>.
- Testi, M 2006, Heroin Chic and the Power of Photo Imagery Manipulation, BC Culture, viewed on June 7th 2012, <http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/heroin-chic-and-the-power-of/>.
- WAFA 2011, Several Hurt, including Photojournalist in Weekly Bank Protest, viewed on June 7th 2012, <http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=18537>.