Bibliography:

Bright, S. and Van Erp, H.(2019), Photography Decoded. London: octopus Publishing House

"If manipulation is the first thing someone thinks of in connection to photography, what that does that say about the value of the photograph as a reflection of reality?" (Bright and Van Erp 2019:17)

"The Daguerreotype had aspirations to both the realistic and theatrical, as well as to the commercial" (Bright and Van Erp 2019:17)

"The process of manipulation starts as soon as we frame a person, a landscape, an object or a scene with our cameras" (Bright and Van Erp 2019:18)

"Documentary and news imagery may seem the most realistic genres in photography, but their realism means nothing independently of how news media apply their ethical codes" (Bright and Van Erp 2019:18)