Truth in Photos

No matter how you say it digitally modified photographs are lies, but we accept it as media as long as we know what is real and what is not. For instance just like when we watch a fictional movie we know that it’s not true and therefore we will take the ideas in it differently. Similarly when photographs are being modified, as long as it’s done right its acceptable. For instance if presenting a model poster I think it would be acceptable that these posters are modified as one who obtained this poster only has obtained it as decor object of say a beautiful woman, he hasn’t ever seen her and therefore has no concern what she actually looks like as long as the poster looks good. On the other hand if we have a situation of the photograph modification is presented to hide some vital information then it should be (and in most cases is) illegal. I am talking about cases like if a skin product has been advertised it should be illegal to digitally modify the model, as this would be false advertising. Same thing could go to any photographs (or media in general) that tries to conceal an essential truth by hiding or modifying information