Photoshop and Photography- NYT

OK, kids... Here's a really interesting post by David Pogue of the NYT that says, simply and elegantly, what I've been saying all along about "trusting" photographs, the impact of Photoshop on photographic credibility, like that...

The thing is, though, this isn't necessarily an open-and-shut case. Ms. Leuchter's editorial points out that photography has never been strictly a "capture reality" art form. It's never been limited to reproducing what the eye sees.

From the very beginning, photographers have set up their shots, posed people and adjusted brightness and contrast in the development process. So although you may think that some line has been crossed, it might not be so easy to specify exactly where that line sits.

Here's a list of things people do to and for photographs, ranging from the innocent and traditional to the dangerously artificial. If you were running a photography contest, at what point would you draw the line and say "That's not photography anymore?"

Read more here.