Is Seeing Believing?

Images from War
 

Doctored Photo

Original Photo

Aug.6, 2006  Reuters on Sunday withdrew a photo of smoke rising from burning buildings after an Israeli air strike on the suburbs of Beirut on August 5, 2006 after evidence emerged that it had been manipulated to show more smoke. The manipulated image is shown on the left. The unaltered image, shown on the right, has since run. Reuters has told the photographer, freelance Adnan Hajj, that the agency will not use any more of his pictures Related stories:
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From website about Civil war era photographer Alexander Gardner:
It should also be added, however, that amongst the genuine pictures of the war 
there appear to be a few which are contrived, further proof that whilst the camera 
cannot lie, the person behind it can! For example, when Gardner arrived at the decisive 
scene of the war at Gettysburg two days after it had been fought, he set about 
photographing "Home of a rebel sharpshooter." However, before taking the picture 
he had dragged the body of a Confederate some thirty metres to where he lies in the picture, 
turning the head towards the camera.
Source: http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/gardner.htm

Sharpshooter's Den Photo

The Case of the Moved Body? Does the Camera Ever Lie? Civil War    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwpcam/cwcam3.html Another article Critically Viewing Photographs: Civil War, Lesson Plan

A Picture is no longer worth a thousand words; 
Which photo is the real thing? 
No one knows for sure in the age of Photoshop. (from salon.com)