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
Category: Very Large Animals
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Pacific Sea Monster (1906)
Men in Ballard, Washington pose with a sea serpent that looks suspiciously like a log. ...» |
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William ‘Dad’ Martin’s Freak Postcards (1909-1910)
Martin made a fortune selling "freak" postcards that featured midwesterners interacting with oversized animals and vegetables. ...» |
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Whopper Hoppers (circa 1935)
Giant grasshoppers were particularly popular subjects for tall-tale postcards during the 1930s. ...» |
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Snowball the Monster Cat (Circulating online since early 2000)
Cordell Hauglie never anticipated that this picture of him holding a digitally enlarged version of his family cat would become one of the most popular images on the internet. ...» |
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Camel Spiders in Iraq (Found online, Spring 2004)
It's true that camel spiders are very large, but much of the information about these creatures that accompanied this picture as it went around the internet was false. ...» |
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