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Faking It Symposium: Constructed Truths

The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013. In this talk, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, outlines the history of photography in the courtroom and the inherent problems in regarding photographs as true.

Part Six of Seven

Recorded November 2, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by Adobe.
This program is made possible by Joyce Frank Menschel.

Highland Park, Michigan

Harry Callahan (American, 1912–1999)

Date:: 1941
Medium:: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:: 27.0 x 11.0 cm (10 5/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
Accession Number:: 1971.616.13a–c

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