Editing Photograph manipulation (section)

=== Social and cultural implications ===
The growing popularity of image manipulation has raised concern as to whether it allows for unrealistic images to be portrayed to the public. In her article "[[On Photography]]" (1977), [[Susan Sontag]] discusses the objectivity, or lack thereof, in photography, concluding that "photographs, which fiddle with the scale of the world, themselves get reduced, blown up, cropped, retouched, doctored and tricked out".<ref>{{cite book |last=Sontag |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Sontag |year=1977 |title=[[On Photography]] |page=4}}</ref> A practice widely used in the magazine industry, the use of photo manipulation on an already subjective photograph creates a constructed reality for the individual and it can become difficult to differentiate fact from fiction. With the potential to alter body image, debate continues as to whether manipulated images, particularly those in magazines, contribute to self-esteem issues in both men and women.

In today's world,{{Clarify timeframe|date=February 2021}} photo manipulation has a positive impact by developing the creativity of one's mind or maybe a negative one by removing the art and beauty of capturing something so magnificent and natural or the way it should be. According to ''[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]'', "Photoshopping and airbrushing, many believe, are now an inherent part of the beauty industry, as are makeup, lighting and styling". In a way, these image alterations are "selling" actual people to the masses to affect responses, reactions, and emotions toward these cultural icons.<ref>{{cite web |last=L. Boutwell |first=Allison |title=Photoshop: A Positive and Negative Innovation |date=February 5, 2012 |url=http://allisonlboutwell.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/photoshopapositiveandnegativeinnovation/}}</ref>