July 21, 2010 at 14:48Two stories with fake photos
A couple of days ago, the NY Post told the sad story of an American youth who received 24 years in prison not so much for credit card fraud, but for fake photos. He portrayed himself next to patients in hospitals and hospices, and wanted to convince the court that he needed money for charitable donations. But the judge noted that in two photographs the fraudster was in the same shirt with the same artifacts in the photographs. For cynical deception (and inept work) 24 years in prison is quite normal.
Unfortunately, not all nonsensical Photoshop shoppers get what they deserve. Yesterday it was discovered that the BP oil company also forged a photograph in which it depicted its headquarters to combat oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
Here is this photo (link high-res). We must marvel at how tireless environmentalists day and night follow the underwater work, sparing no effort to eliminate the consequences of the disaster. However, a careful study of photography convincingly indicates signs of editing in Photoshop, and the quality of work is at the level of a 12-year-old child. Bloggers logically suggested that a photograph of the command center could have been taken before the disaster, and then underwater shots were added to the picture. After the scandal erupted, BP urgently removed the fake photo from public access, and then published the real photo (at the high-res link). As you can see, there is no special fraud here. Just decided to embellish a little.
Unfortunately, not all nonsensical Photoshop shoppers get what they deserve. Yesterday it was discovered that the BP oil company also forged a photograph in which it depicted its headquarters to combat oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
Here is this photo (link high-res). We must marvel at how tireless environmentalists day and night follow the underwater work, sparing no effort to eliminate the consequences of the disaster. However, a careful study of photography convincingly indicates signs of editing in Photoshop, and the quality of work is at the level of a 12-year-old child. Bloggers logically suggested that a photograph of the command center could have been taken before the disaster, and then underwater shots were added to the picture. After the scandal erupted, BP urgently removed the fake photo from public access, and then published the real photo (at the high-res link). As you can see, there is no special fraud here. Just decided to embellish a little.
