Posted by: susanarpvaz | 18/10/2009

Photo Manipulation

Are photographs always a reliable source?

Photo manipulation

Lenin's speech - Moscow 1920

Leon Trotsky and Lev Kamenev were removed from the picture after becoming Stalin’s political opponents.

Photo manipulation1

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.

Photo manipulation2

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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Responses

  1. Food for thought!!!


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