By Vurdlak on January 26, 2010, with 101 Comments
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I don’t know if these shots were taken from an actual photojournalism, or were they just used as a theoretical example, but either way consider this a pretty powerful demonstration. See for yourself how our our perception can be easily shaped, and manipulated with by the media. I believe it isn’t necessary to explain this optical illusion. Photos speak for themselves. Imagine you worked for an administration that wants you to show how soldiers have no mercy when it comes to war. You would use the cropped picture on your left in that case. However, if you worked for the other side, and wanted to depict soldiers as human beings, you would crop the right part of the original photo. There you have it! Such powerful example amazes me, but in the same time scares the sh*t out of me. Which makes me think, should we be more skeptic to stories medias bombard us with?
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If global warming is a illusion, ok, you can be right, this dont make difference. But if this, can change the people´s mind to protect the forests and biodiversity of species, well, so the people can do anything as this. And so they make all difference. Because the extermination is real, is fool, and is for ever. Excuse my poor brasilian-english…
the bit where he said our twice is another optical illusion, as you probably didnt notice first time, although i dont think he meant to to that!
Can you please provide us with the reference of the photography? Cheers.
There’s something screwy about the perspective (like with the gun and the dude’s head) here…. Are you sure it’s not shopped? ^.-
it does not matter if this photo is real or photo shopped together. it is the fact that photos can easily be manipulated and the general public is not aware of this. we are told what to believe by the images that we see. if we can not believe these images, than what can we believe, when and how do we know when we are actually being represented with the truth? Unless you see it happen with your own eyes, the validity of any picture can be doubtful
why would they point a gun at him and give him water?
When you capture an enemy combatant, you keep them under guard. But you also ensure that you take care of them,that is why they have a weapon ready but are giving him water.
It’s a perspective thing, there’s a man in the foreground holding a gun and a man in the background getting water. They just happenend to line up. So the full photo would be an illusion and the left crop would be a manipulation (lie). Either way, that man s being helped not hurt.
Does anyone know the source of this picture????
Oh, I get it. The guys gun was in the way of the camera, so it looked like…you know.