A Brief History of Photo Fakery
From darkroom to desktop.
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1860s
Abraham Lincoln’s head on John Calhoun’s body
1970
An awkward fence post is removed from John Filo’s Pulitzer-winning photo of the Kent State massacre before the image appears in Life, Time, and other publications
1982
National Geographic moves the Pyramids of Giza
1994
Art Wolfe’s Migrations stirs controversy with wildlife photo illustrations
1994
Time magazine darkens O.J. Simpson’s skin
2004
Outside relocates New York’s skyline
2007
Men’s Fitness loads Andy Roddick’s guns
2009
Klavs Bo Christensen’s over-cooked Haiti photos are disqualified from a Danish Picture of the Year contest
