It is the Truth Pictures Lie

For this assignment, I chose the photo of the "British soldier in Basra," where a soldier is signaling to Iraqi civilians to get down. I not only chose this picture because it looked very moving but I also have seen it before. In my Media Interpretation and Criticism class, we talked about this exact same photo and topic. The photographer, Brian Walski, blended two photographs to create this "shot". This picture was used to manipulate readers into supporting the invasion of U.S. soldiers of Iraq and the manipulation was in fact harmful because it showed the British soldier in a negative light and showed civilians who looked like they were in trouble when they were not.

I chose this Youtube video of Rihanna to show the effects of image manipulation. Here someone, uses Photoshop to makeover Rihanna. This video is an example of how anyone, including amateurs can use Photoshop to create something totally different. Do not always believe what you see, because if a normal person like you and me can use Photoshop, think about what trained professionals can do to make us think something is true that really is a lie.