6th year practical task
Read
the following text
4. Read the text and say if the sentences (1-8) are TRUE or FALSE
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All celebrities dislike digital manipulation.
Kate Winslet and Brad Pitt have asked magazines not to alter their pictures.
The photographer Chuck Close erases skin flaws from pictures. c
Experts have confirmed that image manipulation brings mental problems.Spet in eating disorders have claimed there’s a lack of proof to support
AMA's fears.
Photographers don’t agree with AMA and want to have freedom in their job. _
The writer is sure that the artists who want to use Photoshop are in favour of
treating people as objects.
The author's main concen
to encourage teenagers to worry about their bodies.
Answer these questions
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Why did Pitt choose Chuck Close as his photographer?
What are the points for and against image manipulation?
1s the writer of the article for or against image manipulation?
Answer the last questions in the article.
“Tell us how you see the impact of Photoshop on our culture. Do you believe that
restricting image manipulation in advertising is a positive action or an encroachment on
artistic freedom?”
Report what Winslet and Pitt said.
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““ will take legal actions because you have altered my image in your magazine.”
Winslet said to the people in GQ magazine.
“| want Chuck Close to be my photographer”, said Pitt.
“People’s mental health can be damaged by the impact of image manipulation.”
said the AMA
“We wanted to improve your image”, said the editor of GQ magazine to Winslet.