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Analysis Of John Long's Essay 'Ethics In The Age Of Digital Photography'

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Distort a picture—distort the perception, destroy credibility
Digital technology is continuing to evolve in many fields, including photography. Although photo editing applications were originally aimed to assist photographers in enhancing the beauty of reality, there exist people who use them to distort the truth. In John Long’s essay entitled “Ethics in the Age of Digital Photography,” he accentuated the consequences of overusing photo editing software: distorted perceptions and damaged credibility. Nowadays, the excessive use of Photoshop in the media causes viewers like me to become increasingly skeptical about the outlets that produce them.
The influence of an image on viewers’ perception is stronger than that of words. John Long accentuated
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