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This page is part of the Museum of Hoaxes' Hoax Photo Archive, a catalog of photo fakery throughout history. Images are categorized by theme, technique of fakery, and time period.
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Manitoba Home Security
Status: Fake (composite)
Technique of Fakery: Composite Images.
Date and Time Period: Found online in 2003; (2000-2004)
Themes: Animals, Humor, Snow and Ice
Technique of Fakery: Composite Images.
Date and Time Period: Found online in 2003; (2000-2004)
Themes: Animals, Humor, Snow and Ice
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The top image has circulated online with the caption "Manitoba Home Security." (Other city names were frequently substituted.) Obviously no one would want to approach this home.
In reality, the image is a photomontage. The polar bears were cut-and-pasted from an image (bottom) taken in Hudson Bay, Canada by nature and wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelsen. The original image is titled "Bad Boys of the Arctic," but it has also circulated online (unattributed) with the caption "Lazy Polar Bears."
In reality, the image is a photomontage. The polar bears were cut-and-pasted from an image (bottom) taken in Hudson Bay, Canada by nature and wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelsen. The original image is titled "Bad Boys of the Arctic," but it has also circulated online (unattributed) with the caption "Lazy Polar Bears."
References:
• Bad Boys of the Arctic. Thomas D. Mangelsen's Images of Nature.
• Bad Boys of the Arctic. Thomas D. Mangelsen's Images of Nature.
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