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A week ago I wrote a post about the origins of image manipulation. This was in response to a post by Scott Kelby over at Photoshop Insider. My post referenced a story by PBS that spoke of image manipulation being older than the current digital fervor on the subject. While scanning a lot of photography blogs this weekend I came across a site via the A Photo Editor blog page called Digital Tampering in the Media, Politics and Law. If you really want to get into the history of image manipulation then you just have to check out this site. It will really give you a sense of the history of image manipulation for editorial purposes. I’m talking about the beginnings of photography (see the altered Abe Lincoln photo) right up to the much ranted about Faith Hill Redbook cover. You will also find a wealth of resource papers on this and similar subjects as well as other research information. If you have any interest in digital image fakery, you will find a lot to sink your teeth into. Here’s to throwing more fuel on the ethics fire.

* As a side note, the Digital Tampering page was written by Hany Farid, Faculty member at Dartmouth University. If ever there was someone that I would say is an authority, this guy is it!

On Monday, Scott Kelby discussed his personal code of ethics for image enhancement and manipulation. The discussion pulled in many different opinions of what is and is not acceptable when creating an image. I found this story over at the PBS site called American Photography: A Century of Images. The story discusses the history of photographic fakery and how it has been in existence long before the digital fears were even considered. You can give it a read by clicking here.