Can a Photo Tell the Truth?: Monday, 30 October 2006

12.00 noon, Emerson Library Conference room
Speaker: Bill Barrett

Years ago, no one thought much about whether or not photographs really "told the truth." Several widely publicized incidents have changed that in recent years, though. We'll look at how altered photographs have misreported the news, and how the standards for what is ethically permissible to do to a photograph have changed.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Center for Ethics. More Brown Bag events in Fall 2006.