Photos that fooled the world
Some of the picks in The Guardian's "Photos that fooled the world" gallery didn't really fool anyone, but it's a great set of famously fraudulent shoops. And some of them sustained durable hoaxes, such as the Cottingley Fairies and the Patterson/Gimlin film.
It's not hard to fathom why those in the darkroom were tempted to play tric…
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