Blog #7 Pictures That Lie

Picture 1: Picture number 9 is a picture of a sea of soldiers behind a child holding an american flag. This picture stands out to me because the description says that more soldiers were added to be placed over Geroge Bush and take him out of the picture. It makes me wonder why someone would want to have him out of the picture. I think it might be because people blame him for the war in Iraq and sending the soldiers there, so why should he be in a picture with them? When I first saw the picture I didn't see anything weird about it but now that I take a closer look I can see that some of the soldiers appear more than once throughout the crowd.

Picture 2: Picture number 12 is a picture of Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey. In this photo, Bobbi is seen smiling and from what you can see of her teeth, they are straight. In the original photo, her teeth weren't straight so the picture was edited to make her teeth straighter and make her look "more attractive." This stands out to me because I think it's rude that the editor did that. I personally would be offended if someone changed a picture that I had taken to make me look "more attractive."

Picture 3: Picture number 13 is a picture of O.J. Simpson on the cover of Newsweek and Time magazine. It is a picture from the mugshot taken after he was arrested for murder. I didn't know the public was allowed to use pictures from the government systems like that. This picture stands out to me because on the left it shows the original picture and on the right it shows a much darker picture. The picture was edited on purpose to make him look darker and more threatening. Even though I don't feel sympathy for him because he was a murderer, I think it's sort of wrong how the editor did this to his picture for those reasons. Would they have done the same thing to a white man?

Picture 4: Picture number 16 shows a new invention that allows a man to fly using his own lung power. The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung put this picture in their april fools edition. This picture stands out to me because of the idea that the media can get away with telling the public anything. Some people might have actually went out and tried to do this. It also stands out to me because it's old looking and for some reason that just caught my attention along with the fact that the man appears to be flying on a weird object.

Picture 5: Picture number 17 is a photograph of a farmer with a large grass hopper looking bug on the back of his car. This picture stands out to me mostly because I hate bugs. If I saw this bug walking around somewhere I would faint. This to me is an example of the media making people afraid to become the victim. Some people might actually believe that there is a giant bug somewhere in the world and this could effect their life majorly because I know it would effect mine and make me not want to go outside.