Ethics

Ethics in the context of photography, involves things like is it or is it not ethically correct to photograph a specific something. The pros for using photoshop  to touch up photographs taken specifically for advertising or front covers, would be that it is incredibly helpful with raising awareness of how one brand's product is better than another's. However I understand the argument for it being unethical to change the way someone looks with the purpose to sell, it creates unrealistic expectations for the way people look.

 This photo was edited by a photographer working for the times,  it shows OJ Simpson edited to appear with much darker skin than what he has in the unedited version. The controversy this caused was because the public put this editing down to racism, however the photographer explains that it was only used to make the subject more sinister and intimidating which is understanding considering what he was being prosecuted for doing, murdering his wife.

 This is another incredibly controversial photograph, it's quite clear why. This photographer, Kevin Carter, sat waiting, for hours, for the perfect photo of a vulture waiting for this helpless child to die to eat him. it's considered unethical by a lot because he, instead of choosing to immediately help this child, he chose to take advantage of the situation and photograph it. However the argument for the photograph is that it raised a lot of awareness about the poverty and starvation going on in Africa but also made people talk about it, so in a way by documenting this tragedy, he's gotten more people involved in the issues with Africa.