PHOTOGRAPHY IN HOLLYWOOD: IMAGE MANIPULATION IN MODERN ENTERTAINMENT
Keywords:
Photography, camera, images, editing, Hollywood, entertainmentAbstract
Photography is one of the few mediums of visual communication. Our current culture is primarily image driven, and we are exposed to imagery in every waking hour of our lives, be it through the newspapers, magazines, televisions and Internet, including our smartphones and tablets. With sophisticated digital editing software such as Adobe Photoshop, the art of manipulating images in today’s context is becoming more common, specifically in the entertainment industry. Still, as technology is continuously advancing and has provided the media with such software, is image manipulation diminishing the actual reality of photographs? This paper seeks to reveal updates to the craft of image editing in the context of preserving the integrity of photography. Results prove that all in all, with the momentum of digital alteration in the show business, the use of Photoshop and the manipulation of images are a bigger influence than we think it is.
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