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Newspaper: Capa's Iconic War Photo 'Faked'

Rob Quinn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:24:32 CDT

One of the most famous war photos of all time was a fake, according to Spanish newspaper El Periodico . The paper says its investigation into Robert Capa's Spanish Civil War "falling soldier" photo—which appears to show a shot militiaman at the moment of death—concluded that the photo was...

AP Pulls Faked Tornado Video

Katherine Thompson — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:58:23 CDT

The Associated Press has pulled a video described as depicting a tornado that hit Nebraska last weekend after a storm chaser claimed that it was faked. After Andy Fabel sold the clip to the AP, which passed it along to 2,000 websites, another man noticed similarities between it and...

Experts Work to Create Ways to Identify Altered Photos

Laila Weir — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:45:55 CDT

As photo doctoring grows ever more sophisticated—and common—so does the art of “digital forensics,” or identifying fakes. Lighting is among the most tell-tale signs of a photo that’s been altered, reports Technology Review , because it’s hard to get it consistent. Still, current tools are mostly for expert users,...