The picture chosen is known as the "Falling Soldier". This photo was taken by war photographer Robert Capa. It is being debated whether the photo was taken in the location that it claims to be in. The photograph of the soldier could have been falsely placed in another environment for the purpose of creating emotions of some sort. It could be harmful in that it will case people to believe falsely about the story it was used in. My article explores the interesting aspect of recognizing false photographs. Hany Farid is a computer scientist pioneering in the world of digital forensics. He has created a program that works to recognize if a photo has been altered or not. Farid's program detects the disturbances that are made in the photograph's pixels. Farid's program is continuing to find ways to detect forgeries within a photograph, the program can currently detect 10 signs of false photography. His skill and program are already in great demand, he has already helped people find the truth in their photos. For example, with this photo he could help determine whether this image was taken in the place that it claims to be. Another example of this is a scientist who came to Farid with photos of findings taken from his laboratory. He was afraid that a member of the lab team may have altered them. It turns out that the photos were authentic. I think that this is a great development but it will also mean that tools used to alter photos will also grow to become more complex and harder to detect. Though that may happen, starting now this program could help many people in proving their photos true or false.
Wickelgren, Ingrid. "TRUE LIES. (Cover story)." Current Science 92.4 (2006): 10-12. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
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