) 
Print
Report itemFrom the earliest days of the art form, when multiple exposures provided "evidence" of the spirit world, to today's computer-enhanced digital doctoring, photography has been fertile ground for fakery. Photo Fakery is the first book on the history of all types of photographic fakery and manipulation and shows how to detect these increasingly common practices.
Dino
Brugioni, formerly one of the CIA's senior photo interpreters, presents
hundreds of photographs that were contrived or altered, often
succeeding greatly in their fakery by playing a part in history.
Brugioni explains clearly, for the non-photographer, how these
deceptions were accomplished and how to spot them. He also explores the
benefits and dangers of doctored photos and the many problems raised
for the legal profession. Profusely illustrated with examples never
before seen by the general public, Photo Fakery is for anyone who wants
to be a savvy media observer.
About the Author
As the CIA's expert on
photo fakery, Dino A. Brugioni was one of the founders of the Agency's
National Photographic Interpretation Center. He was involved in the
exploitation of U-2, SR-71, and satellite imagery, and discovered and
analyzed World War II aerial photography taken of the
Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
