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Before There Was Photoshop

Lee Harvey Oswald – the Father of all Photo Controversies

January 2, 2010

Throughout history, I can think of no photo which has had its authenticity debated more than the photo published on LIFE Magazine’s February 21, 1964 cover of Lee Harvey Oswald. As a matter of fact, the “LOL” image above which was posted a few years back in a thread called LOL President on Fark was [...]

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A Brief History of Photo Fakery…

August 24, 2009

The New York Times “Week in Review” magazine ran a slide show yesterday titled A Brief History of Photo Fakery. They put up quite a selection of fake imagery – both historic and current – some of which have been previously featured on this blog and some that have not. (Such as the above image [...]

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A “real or fake” photo game from LIFE Magazine…

August 5, 2009

LIFE Magazine has a fun real or fake image game online for you to test your “this looks Shopped” skills! There are 39 photos in all and some of them are from LIFE’s historic archives. Why don’t you play the game and see how you do?

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I ain’t afraid of no … double exposure…

October 24, 2008

AAAK! Shoptober is quickly slipping away from me! Can I add a few more weeks onto this month? It appears life has gotten in the way of me posting, which I guess is better than death getting in the way…or is it?
For this post we shall dig through the historic archives of ghost photos. Most people [...]

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20 memorable picture fakes

September 5, 2008

Ok, Jaws, smile pretty for the camera!
Matthew Moore has written an article for the Telegraph called Doctored photos: 20 memorable photo fakes – a rundown of some of the most infamous hoax photos. Some have already been discussed here on this blog, but some have not…
Doctored photos: 20 memorable picture fakes
By Matthew Moore
The [...]

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