Pics That Lie

What picture you chose and why? I chose to manipulate a photo of a baby into a demon-esque thing.                 

Where did the picture originate?  I used multiple pictures, all of which originated from stockphoto websites.              

How was it manipulated?   I put the pictures together to put an X on the kid's forehead, colored him green and made the eyes glow. I also added horns and fangs.                    

Why was it manipulated?   To convince the world that a demon baby had been born, similar to the Fairy manipulation of 1917, done by Cottingley.                       

Was the manipulation harmful?  Mine wasn't, but in 1917, when Cottingley did his primitive version, it caused a lot of panic.                   

Why or why not? Due to the widespread awareness if photoshop, no one would believe that the photo was real.

How did it relate to the article you researched?  The Cottingley fairies were a hoax done in 1917 with cardboard cutouts of "fairies". I wanted to show how easy this sort of hoax has become because of photoshop, and how now people won't believe "photo proof" because of the availibility and ease of manipulating photos.