Techniques of
Photo Fakery
Photo Fakery
1: Inserting details. This includes placing an element from one photo into another to create a composite image, reproducing a detail of the photo by cloning it, superimposing an image onto another, or drawing-in details.
2: Deleting details. This is usually done by extending background elements over the unwanted detail. Or one can crop out the unwanted detail.
3: Manipulating elements within the photo. For instance, adjusting the color, resizing details, or rotating or moving details.
4: falsifying the caption.
5: Staging the scene. This is considered fakery particularly in photojournalism. Varieties of staging a scene include using models and cutouts and inserting a prop into the scene.
6: Trick angles. The most common example of this is the use of forced perspective.
2: Deleting details. This is usually done by extending background elements over the unwanted detail. Or one can crop out the unwanted detail.
3: Manipulating elements within the photo. For instance, adjusting the color, resizing details, or rotating or moving details.
4: falsifying the caption.
5: Staging the scene. This is considered fakery particularly in photojournalism. Varieties of staging a scene include using models and cutouts and inserting a prop into the scene.
6: Trick angles. The most common example of this is the use of forced perspective.
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The Hoax Photo Archive
A gallery of photo fakery throughout history.
Years Archived:
1840-1900 | 1900-1919 | 1920-1939 | 1940-1959 | 1960-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000-2004 | 2005-Present
A gallery of photo fakery throughout history.
Years Archived:
1840-1900 | 1900-1919 | 1920-1939 | 1940-1959 | 1960-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000-2004 | 2005-Present
Composite Images
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“Not What You Want To See” (Circulating online since early 2008)
Two pictures were composited together to create this dramatic scene. ...» |
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Hand with no thumb (Found on the internet, June 2008)
A digital composite creates the illusion of a hand with no thumb. ...» |
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Palin in Bikini and Miniskirt (September 2008)
After John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, provocative fake pictures of the Alaska Governor began to circulate online. ...» |
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U.S. Army Releases Doctored Photographs (September 2008)
Lacking an official photo of a deceased soldier, the U.S. Army instead released a doctored image to the media. ...» |
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The Fake General Dunwoody (November 2008)
When Ann Dunwoody became the first four-star general in the American military, the Army released a doctored photo of her to the media. ...» |
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