Photo Editing

O.J. Simpson made a splash when he was arressted for the murder of his wife, Nicole, and since the story made such big news it was natural for big name magazines to include his famous mug shot on their cover. In the comparison between Newsweeks's photo, which was unaltered, and Time's photo, which had been made darker using photoshop, I found no harmful methods employed. Time's magazine headline reads "An American Tragedy" and it is clear to me that the photo included on the cover is an altered one, therefore I doubt readers would actually take the menacing appearence too seriously. Newsweek's, on the other hand, would be less appealing on the shelf because it appears more plain and less interesting. Art is a form which transcends past the canvas an into many forms of modern day media, it seems evident that the rendition of Time magazine's photo was an artistic one and not one meant to harm O.J. Simpson directly. Anyone with the slighest familiarity of mug shots, or any legitimate photo for that matter, would plainly see that photoshop was used to darken Time's image, and if it is clear that it is not meant to represent reality, what's the problem?