List Price: $29.95 Details

Save: $8.94 (30%)

$4.99 delivery July 13 - 18. Details

Or fastest delivery July 11 - 14. Details

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

[{"displayPrice":"$21.01","priceAmount":21.01,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"21","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"01","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"I%2BBzyJU%2FPjunGosuMd7a62ZuVF4ARRK66Y4tEiPiJ6Bi%2FImVwvJudJpinqEvsgEmkFBKEyG%2BkOu%2FAMBEo8u0jt0qXihTGNZ9RSJFZTO%2BaZraSKXtgqdd1Cf3kNHt5o7VsmmTOstuOC0ak%2BDwQjoHvbrfwhsuNaa%2FTbEqC6R%2BjaI8cmtFUIMMae%2FegQdO1Tac","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"},{"displayPrice":"$16.49","priceAmount":16.49,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"16","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"49","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"UYvjxCM4CO21nMTyrOB47O7DoFfj4ss44e4QPLXw%2BKH36C%2FD1Bl0FSnZO43F48CWZZrV04SSMx9agYh5jhD8VMS1jg0MljDLT%2Fugp%2Bminj7kKjCGRcz%2BgmKZs4RHyn6FdWUXaU8GXyRh5l83z5%2BvTSvao7Itn0rmoixL%2B%2BgVEqYUPrPxm4mxoACVqNNnBgvQ","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]

$$21.01 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Secure transaction

Ships from

EKER Books

Sold by

EKER Books

Details

Ships from

EKER Books

Sold by

EKER Books

Return policy: Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

FREE delivery Thursday, July 14 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon

Or fastest delivery Sunday, July 10. Order within 9 hrs 59 mins

Select delivery location

Used: Very Good | Details

Sold by WAS3

Fulfilled by Amazon

Add to List

Added to

Unable to add item to List. Please try again.

Share

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

Follow the Author

Dino A. Brugioni

Photo Fakery: A History of Deception and Manipulation Paperback – September 1, 1999

by DINO A. BRUGIONI (Author)

21 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Paperback

"Please retry"

$21.01

$20.00

$2.75

Paperback
$21.01

46 Used from $2.75 4 New from $20.00 2 Collectible from $19.99

Enhance your purchase

The first book on the history of all types of photographic fakery and manipulation, showing how to detect these increasingly common practices.

Print length

256 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Potomac Books
Publication date

September 1, 1999
Dimensions

8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
ISBN-10

1574881663
ISBN-13

978-1574881660
See all details

Frequently bought together

+

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

Choose items to buy together.

by DINO A. BRUGIONI Paperback
$21.01
Get it Jul 13 - 18 $4.99 shipping
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
Ships from and sold by EKER Books.
by Dino A. Brugioni Hardcover
$24.51
Get it Jul 13 - 18 $4.99 shipping
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
Ships from and sold by EKER Books.

Products related to this item
Sponsored Hide feedback

Page 1 of 1Start overPage 1 of 1

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a fascinating book. After reading it, I found myself searching through the newspaper and magazines trying to find faked photos. It really makes you wonder about how much the media has been truthful with us over the years, and what the real story behind some of the world's most famous photos is. Definitely recommended for the novice and expert alike. --A Reader

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a faked picture is worth a thousand lies. The author uncovers faked photos from the civil war to the Clinton Administration. In an easy to read and understanding style, Brugioni uses his CIA photo interpreter experience to expose manipulated photos used to influence public thinking. The non-photgrapher as well as the pro will appreciate and more than not become alarmed at the lies both domestic and foregin governments have used to influence citizens. Once you read this book you will never look at another photograph without questioning its validity. --Conrad F Meier

Given that photo fakery has been widespread since at least World War One, it is amazing that so few books have covered this topic in depth. The author's extraordinary techniques of photometric analysis are worth studying, and his descriptions of tampered photos are incredible! Basically, I wonder about the credibility of the major US news maagazines just as much as I marvel at the handiwork of the former East Germany, Soviet Union, and even China--they regularly manipulate photos, just in different ways. This fine book gives new meaning to the term "pictures don't lie". --Steven M'Benga

About the Author

As the CIA's expert on photo fakery, Dino A. Brugioni was one of the founders of the Agency's National Photographic Interpretation Center. He was involved in the exploitation of U-2, SR-71, and satellite imagery, and discovered and analyzed World War II aerial photography taken of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Potomac Books; illustrated edition (September 1, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1574881663
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1574881660
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.53 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,954,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,749 in Photography Reference (Books)

Customer Reviews:
21 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Dino A. Brugioni

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Products related to this item
Sponsored Hide feedback

Page 1 of 1Start overPage 1 of 1

Feedback

Ivy Smoak

104

Kindle Edition

$4.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

4,495

Kindle Edition

$6.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

233

Kindle Edition

$9.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

6,820

Paperback

$12.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

716

Paperback

$13.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

2,439

Kindle Edition

$6.99
Feedback

Ryan Hauge

139

Paperback

$16.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

2,635

Kindle Edition

$4.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

3,588

Kindle Edition

$6.99
Feedback

Ivy Smoak

647

Kindle Edition

$6.99

Customer reviews

5 star		55%
4 star		13%
3 star		16%
2 star		6%
1 star		10%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Russell A. Rohde MD

"Photos may tell 1001 lies"

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2006

Verified Purchase

"Photo Fakery," by Dino A. Brugioni, VA, Brassey's, 1999, ISBN: 1-57488-166-3 (HC) 228 pgs. text plus 8 pg. Notes, 8 pg. Biblio., 7 pg. Index. 8 1/2" x 11"

CIA officer for 50 years & a founder of the CIA's National Photographic Center, Brugioni chronicles deception & manipulation of photographs used in fraud, deception & propaganda purposes for diverse reasons & exposes methods of photo fakery & the analytic methods used in their detection.

The book is exceedingly well-researched, soundly illustrated & authored for the middling, curious reader & does not require scientific background. It is not a "how to create fakery" book, but rather "how to detect fakery." I highly sanction this treatise that has no real counterpart aside from Wm. Mitchell's 1992 "The Reconfigured Eye." The book is timely, noting that digital imaging & Adobe's Photoshop (& other "paint" programs) have forever changed veracity of photographs currently "snapped" at the rate of 40 to 50 billion daily. It is conceivable the majority of pictures appearing in print are digitally altered, exceeding those which are not. Our concerns are largely with those images in which the truth or accuracy has been compromised.

4 people found this helpful

Helpful

Amazon Customer

Dated material, but great as a historical read

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2013

Verified Purchase

Photographs have been used to try and justify actions by our Governments, and to try and paint our own Governments as positively as possible. And to paint our adversaries as evil as you possibly can.

In this day of age with Digital manipulation this books information is a bit dated. However, as a history lesson I find it very informative. Especially where the Soviets are concerned. They have used Photo fakery for decades to manipulate sentiment. Many WW2 photos have been shown to be faked in one form or another by the Soviets.

I still find it amusing when someone makes a point regarding WW2 using a photo which has long since been identified as a fake.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Sperrier

What are you going to believe? Your lying eyes?

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2015

Verified Purchase

Good if dry and somewhat outdated book (digital photography was just getting underway when published). Very interesting for the historical examples, especially manipulation by Communist and fascist regimes. A ton of background on CIA, U2 and some Blackbird references.The author has numerous footnotes and citations, but the general reader (myself) will be unlikely to chase them down. An all-round good read; buy a used copy and enjoy it.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Diane Hooie

Educational and Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2007

Verified Purchase

This was a well-written and fascinating book. I thought I would spend more time looking at the pictures than reading the text, but I was so enthralled, I read it all. I also learned a lot about photography by seeing how photos can be edited to tell a different story. It made me appreciate why photo contests generally don't even allow a person to crop an image. This was one of the books that was recommended by the photography class I was taking and I highly recommend it too.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Ralph DeMattia

Excellent and Absolutely Fascinating!

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2000

Verified Purchase

After seeing a C-Span program where the Author showed slides of actual, then altered photos from the book, I was so fascinated that I went out the next morning and bought the book, and it was BETTER than I expected! I found it so amazing that even back in the 1860's, this kind of thing could be done. Absolutely a MUST-HAVE book for history buffs!

8 people found this helpful

Helpful

Venator5

Political correctness.

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2017

Verified Purchase

It is good if you looking at technikues or type of technikues. But the writter is colitical correct and claims proven fake photos as original ones.

Helpful

Sonny Burnett

O.k. Book, needs more photo's.

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2017

Verified Purchase

O.k. Book, wish it had more pictures to show us the history.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Harry Eagar

It didn't begin with PhotoShop

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2008

For generations, a photograph has been assumed to be a superior form of information: "The camera doesn't lie." But as Dino Brugioni demonstrates in "Photo Fakery," if the camera didn't, then the photographer or editor often did.
With graphic manipulation software costing as little as $50, the authenticity of any photograph should be suspect. However, in American courts photos are usually admitted as evidence without much concern over their history.
Brugioni says few lawyers are even aware of how unreliable photos can be.
It extends beyond the courts. Everyone sees images, in the news, in advertisements, in flyers (and, since this book wa published, on the Internet).
Sometimes it is obvious the photo has been altered, and the intent is merely to catch eyes: A famous example is a car morphing into a tiger in a TV commercial. Sometimes it is not so obvious but apparently inconsequential: Brugioni shows a picture of three generations of the George Bush family made by joining two photos taken in different places because the whole group couldn't be assembled at one time.
And sometimes, the consequences can be grave: Brugioni recounts the 1950 episode in which Sen. Millard Tydings of Maryland, running for re-election, was sabotaged by McCarthyite rightwingers, who circulated a faked photo of Democrat Tydings supposedly conferring with Communist leader Earl Browder. In the few days before the election, Tydings was unable to make the public aware that the photo was a fake, and he lost by a narrow margin.
The Tydings-Browder fake was crude. After reading "Photo Fakery," most people probably could spot the warning signs, though proving a fake usually requires time and special techniques.
"There is still no manual for the lay person to use in discerning fake photography," writes Brugioni, who retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as a senior officer in its National Photographic Interpretation Center.
Brugioni's book is not intended as a complete manual, just an introduction to the problem. And a problem it is, in his eyes.
"An ethical concern is growing in both academic and professional journalistic circles," he writes, "that the manipulation of one photo will destroy the credibility of all."
The first guarantee of authenticity should be the publisher. Most newspapers have ethical rules against tampering with news photographs. But Brugioni shows that many, even the most prestigious, have done so anyway. Also, news organizations, even good ones, sometimes get taken in themselves.
When photos are published over the Internet, the question of reputation becomes even murkier.
The Communists were famous for faking photos, and Brugioni uses many examples from his work at the CIA in "Photo Fakery." But he also shows that fakery -- whether malicious, artistic, commercial or humorous -- began almost as soon as the first photographs were developed.
Nor did Communists and Nazis have a monopoly on photo fakery. Brugioni show an example of a faked photo of Bill Clinton in the Oval Office, in which a congressman moved himself closer to the president than he had been in real life.
Depending upon the target audience, faked photos need not always be very carefully done to be effective. Yet the tools for covering up evidence of fakery are getting better.
"There appears to be no limit to what the computers can do. We have ventured out to the frontiers -- both moral and legal," writes Brugioni.
While computers can manipulate photos to trick and deceive, the same programs can also be used for desirable ends: using software to reconstruct the appearance of a person known only from a skull helps both science (anthropology) and police (discovering the identity of skeletons).
"Photo Fakery" is interesting reading just for the historical accounts of famous fakes. But it is also important as a window into a problem of modern life that most of us have never stopped to worry about.
In that respect, it deserves to rank alongside Elizabeth Loftus' "Eyewitness Testimony" as a book everybody should know.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Robin L.

A dry and factual book, accurate but somewhat boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2004

Verified Purchase

The subject is interesting enough, how and why photographs have been altered and manipulated. Unfortunately the text is very dry and uninspiring and the photographs shown are boring, small and not particularly well manipulated. The author spent most of his career proving that soviet photographs were manipulated, the examples he shows could have been detected by a five year old with a plastic magnifying glass.
Not a book I could recommend.

5 people found this helpful

Enrico T.

Review for what ?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2016

Verified Purchase

Up to this very moment, the book wasn't delivered. It's some twenty days overdue, but
I cannot track it (it is not shipped by Amazon) nor blame anyone (it was not an option to track it): simply, till now I just payed, I received nothing and I could do nothing. What can I review else ?

Jerry Hamilton

Windows 10 is very broken.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2015

Verified Purchase

Windows 10 is very broken.

See all reviews

Buy new: $21.01$21.01 $4.99 delivery: July 13 - 18 Ships from: EKER Books Sold by: EKER Books

Buy used: $16.49

Sorry, there was a problem.

Sorry, there was a problem.

Follow the Author

Photo Fakery: A History of Deception and Manipulation Paperback – September 1, 1999

Enhance your purchase

Frequently bought together

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Videos

About the author

Dino A. Brugioni

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

Buy new:

$21.01

$4.99 delivery: July 13 - 18

Ships from: EKER Books

Sold by: EKER Books

Buy used:

$16.49