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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.

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Vue prise á Lacock Abbey

William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800–1877)

Date:: 1840
Medium:: Photogenic drawing from paper negative
Dimensions:: Image: 16 x 21.1 cm (6 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.) Sheet: 17.8 x 22.6 cm (7 x 8 7/8 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Accession Number:: 36.37 (41)

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