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BBlacky This delightful (if crude) forgery brings to mind a black-and-white shot I've been hunting for, dating from aeons ago.
The Great Chairman sits astride a tiny horse, with his 'Close Comrade in Arms' Lin Biao and First Witch Chiang Ching also on ponies beside him. All face the camera.
In subsequent (pre-Photoshop, cut-and-paste doctored) versions, they one by one disappear into thin air, with the final shot of Mao oddly showing him all alone on his horsey. Talk about becoming a non-person in the People's Paradise.
The shots were airbrushed nicely but 'alert readers' (thanks Dave Berry) aka China-watchers matched the shots and this told the tale. Creeps. Murderers. Incompetents. 'Non-person', ha.
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Kim Jong Il Photoshop Error Betrays Leader's Health Problems? (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... is something shady about the shadows in the picture.
A close inspection of the photograph published yesterday by the Korean Central News Agency suggests that the shadow cast by Mr Kim is very different to those cast by the soldiers standing alongside him.
Anthony, from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, commented on the news story accompanying the image: "Notice how the shadow of Kim's legs is vertical while those of the troops on both sides of him are at an angle."
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Kim Jong Il Photoshop Error Betrays Leader's Health Problems? (PHOTOS)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... is something shady about the shadows in the picture.
A close inspection of the photograph published yesterday by the Korean Central News Agency suggests that the shadow cast by Mr Kim is very different to those cast by the soldiers standing alongside him.
Anthony, from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, commented on the news story accompanying the image: "Notice how the shadow of Kim's legs is vertical while those of the troops on both sides of him are at an angle."
Keep reading
Below, the photo in question:
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ABC News Republishes Fauxtograph
Little Green Footballs —
... Here’s an article at the London Times about this piece of rather obvious fauxtography: Photoshop failure in Kim Jong Il image? ...
ABC News Republishes Fauxtograph - Update: Not Faked After All?
Little Green Footballs —
... Here’s an article at the London Times about this piece of apparent fauxtography: Photoshop failure in Kim Jong Il image? ...
