After reading Ken Johnsons review about this exhibit, I agree with him for the most part. He talks briefly about the technical process and obvious trickery that can be in photographs. However, it was the end of his review that I disagree with, when he says, "We are left, then, to wonder. If photography cannot capture truth, what is it good for?" Although we now have advanced programs like Photoshop to aid us in this trickery, it does not mean that we should question all photographs in whether they are a lie. And if a photograph happens to be manipulated and tells a lie, then it could still be good; even if that means just being a photograph that is 'nice to look at'.
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