Are photographs always a reliable source?

Lenin's speech - Moscow 1920
Leon Trotsky and Lev Kamenev were removed from the picture after becoming Stalin’s political opponents.

Missile test
Iran – Sahab3 missile testing. The government’s news agency removed the missile that failed to launch and replaced it with the image of a successful launching.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy
USA 2007: Paris Match magazine (pro Sarkozy at the time) gave him a thinner silhouette and a new tan.
Source: www.veja.com.br
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Food for thought!!!
By: Ricardo on 18/10/2009
at 5:39 pm