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by open-source-ux 1750 days ago
There are also misleading photos - not fake images but a more subtle attempt to manipulate viewers.

A mundane example: You're browsing a property website, look through the pictures, and then visit a property only to discover the rooms are tiny matchbox-sized spaces. They looked so much more spacious when you viewed them online. You're just discovered wide-lens-photography for real estate - purposely distorts or make a space look spacious.

A 'fake' news example: During the coronavirus lockdown, a Danish photo agency, Ritzau Scanpix, commisioned two photographers to use two different perspectives to shoot scenes of people in socially-distance scenarios. Were people observing the rules? Or did the type of lens (wide-angle and telephoto) intentionally give a misleadling impression?

The pictures are here - the article is in Danish, but the photos tell the story:

https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2020-04-26-hvor-taet-er-folk-...