Through The Magic Mirror: Reflections On Photography, A Short Skewed History

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Presented at Notacon 1 by

Alexander Aitken

Using a series slides, Mr. Aitken will present a light hearted presentation demonstrating some of the unexpected ways the medium of photography has influenced our culture. He will also explore the historical tendency to, "accept photographs as literal or truthful, even if they were manipulated." We may believe today that it took the advent of Photoshop and other computer software to make the art of doctoring photographs truly possible. However, Mr. Aitken will show how this practice began shortly after the invention of photograph itself in 1839!