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Anonymous11/25/25, 16:52No.4484678
Should dishonest photography be shunned?
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Anon11/25/25, 17:06No.4484680
If the primary goal is hyperrealism, then yes
If not, then no
Are you just trying to take a snapshot index of reality?
Or is the real world just the starting point of a transformative process leading to an original work?
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Anon11/25/25, 17:33No.4484685
All photography is dishonest.
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Anon11/25/25, 23:19No.4484751
That's a honest photo taken through dishonest means though, literally an exposé.
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Anon11/26/25, 02:03No.4484776
Yes
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Anon11/27/25, 15:57No.4485048
All photography is neither honest nor dishonest, it simply reflects the photographers perspective. Choosing what to shoot, how to shoot it, how to process it, the crop of what to exclude, choosing which image to share over the others in the set, are no different than the author choosing which words to write, the painter what to paint, or the political troll choosing what filth to spew. What people put out into the eyes and ears of other people is what they choose, and that is as honest as anything gets. If I tell you the earth is flat and the moon landing never habbened and vaccines are a jewish conspiracy and, then those things may all be wrong and stupid, but I am being honest with you in conveying that I am honestly a fucking idiot.
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Anon11/28/25, 12:21No.4485215
Photography is art, editing is part of the process. Always has been. Perspective is subjective
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Anon11/28/25, 13:19No.4485220
Honesty as a principle is not applicable to photography outside niche cases like photojournalism or medical imaging.
Processing raws to taste, using a flattering focal length or perspective, selecting a lens or film on the basis of its characteristics, manipulating light, etc. - none of these things are any more honest or dishonest than painting or shooting JPG. Like all these other things, the purpose of post processing is not to deceive or convince the viewer of something, but is simply one part of enacting an aesthetic vision.
Journalists on the other hand often do have an agenda, and therefore the concept of honesty might apply to their work: framing to make crowds appear smaller or larger, images staged to elicit an emotional response, omission of important context that entirely changes the significance of the image etc. This, however, seems to fall more under the umbrella of editorial integrity than some bogus concept of "photographic honesty".