About this episode

Brooks Jensen discusses the growing skepticism towards the authenticity of photographs in the digital age.

Here's a Thought… #2735 with Brooks Jensen Losing Faith in Photographic Truth With increasing frequency, I find myself looking at a photograph and immediately questioning its veracity. For example, every morning when I start up my computer I'm greeted with a lovely landscape thanks to the programmers at Microsoft. Almost without exception, they look fake, with punched up colors, unrealistic sky and water reflections, and a kind of computer generated pristineness that I find difficult to believe. These images are, however, very pretty. Should I care that they are not truthful? Become a member of LensWork Online and have access to all 2700+ Here's a Thought… commentaries.

People in this episode

Host: Brooks Jensen

Topics covered

• photographic truth
• digital imagery
• perception of reality
• landscape photography
• artificial images

Keywords

• photography
• truth
• digital art
• landscape
• visual perception

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

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