+ Censorship can be seen to have taken the form of photographic manipulation seen from the early 19th century with the invention of the dark room, allowing people to develop and edit the photography as it begins to be captured onto the light sensitive paper. In contrast photography can be seen as a documentation of truth being able to capture vital information to relay back to the public and media. However how do we truly know that these pieces of visual information haven't been manipulated for political or other personal gain?
+ Ansel Adams, American Photographer, was interpreted to be an important figure with in photography through his imagery of american landscapes, being able to manipulate the image during development, altering the truth of the image.
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| Stalin with, and without, Nikolai Yezhov |
+ In this example we can see the manipulation on the photography to the extent that they have removed a figure, interestingly this relates to the Soviets established newspaper, Pravda. Pravda served the Soviet Communist party in terms of censoring and filtering through news, ironically, the name Pravda can be defined as 'truth'.
+ Kate Winslet - GQ Magazine cover, her image was manipulated to elongate her legs, interestingly inside the magazine, another image of her is depicted alongside a mirror, in which the reflection has not been altered proving the use of manipulation within her image - a sense of false beauty - false concepts.
+ Robert Capa, 'Death of a Loyalist Soldier' 1936 - can we be sure that this photograph is real? A huge debate over this image through whether this image was real or was created. Interpretations show that a small detail of a bullet passing through the soldier's hat - this photography shows something that is emotionally impacting on the public, showing a mild version of the true horrors on the battlefield. Some suggest that the matter of the photograph being real or not does not matter - the impact being so huge on the public, thought provoking. Unfortunately Capa died on the field.
+ Simulacrum, a representation of an object or someone - an imitation of the real thing, being unsatisfactory.
"An image or representation of someone or something: a small scale simulacrum of a skyscraper, an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute: a bland simulacrum of American soul music" (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/simulacrum) + Jean Baudrillard constructs phrases in which this would take place, the first stage reflects the basic reality, to then mask and perverts the basic reality, masks the absence of basic reality and bears no relation to any reality; it becomes its own pure simulacrum. "In the first case, the image is a good appearance: the representation is of the order of the sacrament. In the second, it is an evil appearance: it is f the order of sorcery. In the fourth, it is no longer in the order of appearance at all, but of simulation." (Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulations, 1981)
+ Kate Winslet - GQ Magazine cover, her image was manipulated to elongate her legs, interestingly inside the magazine, another image of her is depicted alongside a mirror, in which the reflection has not been altered proving the use of manipulation within her image - a sense of false beauty - false concepts.
+ Robert Capa, 'Death of a Loyalist Soldier' 1936 - can we be sure that this photograph is real? A huge debate over this image through whether this image was real or was created. Interpretations show that a small detail of a bullet passing through the soldier's hat - this photography shows something that is emotionally impacting on the public, showing a mild version of the true horrors on the battlefield. Some suggest that the matter of the photograph being real or not does not matter - the impact being so huge on the public, thought provoking. Unfortunately Capa died on the field.
+ Simulacrum, a representation of an object or someone - an imitation of the real thing, being unsatisfactory.
"An image or representation of someone or something: a small scale simulacrum of a skyscraper, an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute: a bland simulacrum of American soul music" (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/simulacrum) + Jean Baudrillard constructs phrases in which this would take place, the first stage reflects the basic reality, to then mask and perverts the basic reality, masks the absence of basic reality and bears no relation to any reality; it becomes its own pure simulacrum. "In the first case, the image is a good appearance: the representation is of the order of the sacrament. In the second, it is an evil appearance: it is f the order of sorcery. In the fourth, it is no longer in the order of appearance at all, but of simulation." (Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulations, 1981)
+ Baudrillard continues his work in his book The Gulf War Did Not Take Place, in which he argued that the Guild War was not actually a war but was something that was masqueraded and distorted into war. From the western point of view, the war did not take place through the lack of causalities and not engaging directly in combat, the only impact being the sheer amount of airpower that the American Military used, creating an illusion of sorts to the public, making it become a war.
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