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The photo “debunking” protest fires in Paris is actually fake

Dec 13, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 9 Comments

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A few days ago, a photo “debunking” protest fires in Paris appeared on Twitter and it quickly went viral. It shows two images side-by-side “proving” that the fire was actually harmless, but only shot from a low angle so it appears huge. However, when this “fact checker” was fact checked, it turned out that it was actually fake: reportedly , the two photos weren’t only taken on different days, but also in different parts of the city.

The photos placed side-by-side were tweeter by various users, with comments like “perspective matters.” Apparently, they were suggesting that the photographers shot a small fire from such a perspective that it seems much bigger than it is, and the “debunker” diptych got retweeted tens of thousands of times.

Perspective matters … pic.twitter.com/BOk7p4z7Ex

— Dovey “Rug The Fiat” Wan?? (@DoveyWan) December 9, 2018

However, AFP then posted a thread to prove that the “debunker” image is the one that needs to be debunked. They report that the first image was taken on 1 December 2018 by Katerine Pierre, a photographer for Hans Lucas agency. The second one was taken on 8 December by a staff photographer at French magazine Le Point, who posted it on Twitter. It’s not only the dates, but the places differ, too. The second image was taken “exactly on the other side of the Arc de Triomphe, on Foch Avenue,” AFP writes.

These two juxtaposed photos were retweeted over 35,000 times with the caption “perspective matters”. Perspective matters, and so do dates and places… because these two photos were taken on two different days in two different places, in Paris ?
1/8 pic.twitter.com/d0ECWMF7N1

— AFP Fact Check ? (@AFPFactCheck) December 11, 2018

Gizmodo points out that it’s not clear who was the first to juxtapose these two images, and what the intention was. But they sure spread like forest fire (no pun intended, really). But AFP had debunked the “debunker” and gave a thorough rundown on both images. While the Yellow Vest protests in Paris are real news, we should still take both the photos and the “debunkers” with a grain of salt.

[via Gizmodo, AFPFactCheck]

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Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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