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Journal Entry Question #3
What do you think were the photographer's intentions in changing the photograph in such a dramatic way?

I think the photographer wanted attract viewers to his image. When he took that photo, he knew exactly what he saw. He probably thought it was appealing and interesting to him to make the scene more dramatic. He might have thought it wasn’t a hardcore news photograph where people would walk down the street and stop when they see the image on the cover of a newspaper. The photographer probably wanted his photo to be talked about and be the news of the day. The edited photograph can be false and fool people that it’s actually real, but sooner or later people will find out first hand if that really happened. The photographer probably changed the photograph to put more feeling and make people think a lot about what had happened. He wanted viewers to ask, “Why, where, and how?” it will grab peoples’ curiousity and interest and he believed people wouldn’t pay as much attention to the original photo. If that really didn’t happen in the image, then who cares because it’s the truth that really matters. The original picture is the truth and that will capture peoples’ attention. People want to rely on real information that they can follow up on current events and what’s happening in our world and society. We don’t want to see something that was forced and made up because some photographer or editor decided to change up the story to make it look interesting. It’s a waste of peoples’ time to be interested in false information. There’s honestly no point in changing it into a more dramatic photo because the truth will ALWAYS come out. People will believe it for awhile but it wouldn’t matter anymore later on. The photographer’s intention was to create and force something that never existed in his photo to capture feeling and curiousity from viewers. Although an original photo might not be as appealing as a dramatic photo, it’s the truth that lies behind the photo is what matters the most.