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Aug 5 2011: "Image fraud" is when you create an image that implies something you know isn't true. That's photography in general, especially commercial. [view in context] 6067
Aug 5 2011: Well-composed photos always look better than real life. 6068
Aug 5 2011: "Photos don't lie" is not true. They lie by showing you only a carefully selected view of a complex scene. 6069
Aug 5 2011: Photography can make the innocent look guilty simply by selecting the angle of view and moment of capture. 6070
Aug 5 2011: You pay a photographer to manipulate imagery in your favor—sort of like a lawyer. 6071
Aug 5 2011: The more beautiful and appealing a photo is, the more detached it usually is from real life. 6072
Aug 5 2011: Most pretty photos capture something only the photographer saw at the time. If you had been there, you probably wouldn't have noticed. 6073
Aug 5 2011: Commercial photography promotes the deception: "If you buy this product, everything implied in this image will be yours." 6074
Aug 5 2011: @keem Same as always. 6075
Aug 5 2011: If you create a false public image for yourself, don't be surprised if people start believing it and treating you accordingly. 6076
Aug 5 2011: If you present yourself to the world as a god or goddess, you can expect to have stalkers, people who think you can solve their problems. 6077
Aug 5 2011: @EderGuillermo I have corporeal form, but photos of me are all lies! 6078
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