What's old is new again. Or maybe it never really became old in the first place. Recent press coverage has spotlighted covertly digitally manipulated photographs of war-torn areas and even instances to which a publisher freely admits, such as The Washington Post's 13 January 2012 front-page, composite-exposure photo (1). Such events capture the public's attention and may lead one to believe the practice of photo manipulation is a relatively recent phenomenon, existing in great part because it is possible with today's photographic technology. As the enlightening exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop reminds us, today's news items are only the latest examples of a practice that is nearly as old as the medium itself.
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