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DAY 338 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Urban Legends VI
DOCTORED PHOTOGRAPHS AS URBAN LORE
A fortuitous photographer snaps a shot of a great white shark leaping out of the ocean, about to chomp on a soldier dangling above the water’s surface from a helicopter ladder.
A haunting image of the Devil, complete with horns and tail, appears in the smoke emerging from the Twin Towers during the September 11 terrorist attack.
A politician is caught on camera holding a book or telephone upside down.
These are just a few of the myriad urban legends that have been disseminated across cyberspace over the first decade of the 21st century. The ready availability ...
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