In the following decades, 1960s-1970s, there were other ethical problems, though not due to the manipulation of photographs, but about the actual subject of the picture which could be shocking for the viewers. Most of these problems were caused by the imagery that came from the Vietnam War. Those pictures were seen as controversial because they symbolize a special impression of war: the violence and brutality that was inflicted on the civil population, the useless sacrifice of American soldiers. Those images that now appear as symbols of the Vietnam War showed the atrocity of the war and the capacity of humans to commit crimes against other human beings. 5 Nick Ut, Napalm Girl, photograph, 1972
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This action was seen as unforgivable by the newspapers and they put an end to his exceptional carrier. In a message send to his colleague, Walski explains that he knew what he was doing but was under lot of stress and pressure and that it led him to make a mistake. After the decision was made to let him go, he was immediately taken out of the field and sent back to his home.
This controversy has tarnished the profession of photojournalism. Yet, there were many debates concerning this scandal. On one hand, there are the people that say that he had the right to modify his picture the same way a journalist can rewrite his text. Walski used two consecutive photographs and made such a subtle change that the modification was quite difficult to find out. On the second hand, we have the people who believe that what Walski did was a terrible mistake. In an article, Frank Van Riper, a photojournalist at the Washington Post states: “Remember: news photographs are the equivalent of direct quotations and therefore are …show more content…
Capa was one of the most famous war photojournalists of the twentieth century. He gained his popularity when his picture “The Death of a Loyalist Soldier” was published in the French magazine Vu in October 1936. It shows a man who has just been shot and who is about to fall on the ground. In the picture, we can only see the man, there are not way to identify the place where or the moment when this photo was taken. We only see the soldier about to fall dead on the
The ethical problems and controversies come …show more content…
This action was seen as unforgivable by the newspapers and they put an end to his exceptional carrier. In a message send to his colleague, Walski explains that he knew what he was doing but was under lot of stress and pressure and that it led him to make a mistake. After the decision was made to let him go, he was immediately taken out of the field and sent back to his home.
This controversy has tarnished the profession of photojournalism. Yet, there were many debates concerning this scandal. On one hand, there are the people that say that he had the right to modify his picture the same way a journalist can rewrite his text. Walski used two consecutive photographs and made such a subtle change that the modification was quite difficult to find out. On the second hand, we have the people who believe that what Walski did was a terrible mistake. In an article, Frank Van Riper, a photojournalist at the Washington Post states: “Remember: news photographs are the equivalent of direct quotations and therefore are …show more content…
Capa was one of the most famous war photojournalists of the twentieth century. He gained his popularity when his picture “The Death of a Loyalist Soldier” was published in the French magazine Vu in October 1936. It shows a man who has just been shot and who is about to fall on the ground. In the picture, we can only see the man, there are not way to identify the place where or the moment when this photo was taken. We only see the soldier about to fall dead on the