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Exposing Digitally Doctored Photos -- The Boston Globe

Carolyn Y. Johnson reports on the technology that can detect digitally enhanced photographs and its potential benefit to public health, body-image well-being issues, which may stem from advertising and marketing that employs enhanced, but unrealistic imagery. "In the digital age, it is easy to generate and share photos and videos -- and just as easy to manipulate them. Visual tweaks can range from small changes, such as cropping photos, to more substantial edits, such as erasing someone from an image or substantially, even unnaturally, enhancing a person’s appearance. As it has become easier to trick the eyes, a field of forensic imaging has emerged, with scientists creating tools that will be able to test whether and how images have been altered, with plenty of potential real-world applications…In a very different arena -- advertising and magazines -- photo manipulation has become increasingly important, because it can create unrealistic visions of body image. The problem was recognized this summer by the American Medical Association, which officially adopted a policy to discourage advertisers from altering photos in ways that could create unhealthy expectations among vulnerable adolescents."...

Exposing Digitally Doctored Photos -- The Boston Globe

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