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When Dictators don’t Shop…

November 8, 2008

In this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on November 5, 2008, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front row center, poses with (north) Korean People’s Army Unit 2200. However, the news agency didn’t provide the date the photo was taken or where this photo was taken (which is not unusual). [...]

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Who you gonna call? Shopbusters!

October 28, 2008

A ghost at the scene of its own accident? Um, sure. Whatevs. [From BadGhosts.co.uk]
In doing research for this post I came to the realization that there are a ton of modern fake ghost photos out there, and a lot of them are really, really, reeeeeally bad. Some were even too poorly Shopped to make mention of [...]

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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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BWAHAHAHA! WELCOME TO SHOPTOBER!

October 1, 2008

Above: “The Bloodthirsty Warmonger” – a Photoshop creation by photographer Jill Greenberg. She created this image to “stir stuff up”, but once the media started to stir Greenberg’s stuff up, she removed it (and others like it) from her website.
Here at TLS the month of October shall be dubbed “Shoptober”, and with the exception of any [...]

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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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