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Fake images that fooled the world
From the pope in a puffer to the Princess of Wales and family, baby Hitler to Mussolini on horseback, people have always manipulated photographs, whether for political power, image control – or just for fun …
By the 1940s, the image without the groom had become the standard version, and it created the enduring visual signs of the strongman leader – when Nigel Farage makes a speech atop a tank, or Vladimir Putin displays his bare chest, both are drawing on iconography developed by the Italian fascist. Using 3D modelling tools, Bendiksen inserted digital avatars into empty backdrops shot in Veles, claiming they were real portraits of tech-savvy local youths who had found an unlikely source of income operating websites that churned out pro-Trump stories. The long-necked creature seen here was fabricated from wood putty attached to a toy submarine – later sunk in the mud when a water bailiff approached – and Wilson was recruited as a frontman to submit the photos.Despite what he’d uncovered, Boyd remained convinced of Nessie’s existence: “I would stake my life on it,” he said.
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