Dartmouth Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked

Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Read more at Dartmouth News: http://tinyurl.com/y9k33yf

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[fixingbraincell]

uhmmm is this an apple ad?

[filthyphillyboy]

Thanks for using some level headed reasoning with technology instead of going off half cocked like so many do regarding this issue.

[Guesswhokk]

Many amateurs mistaken Apollo's moon landing photos about shadows positioning as well and claim it was a fake without testing, but the special effect guys from mythbuster build a scale 3D model to show shadows can play tricks in your head.

We need forensic reasoning to determine fake photos not some loud mouth who say alot, but done no testing or trials in real life.

[Courshon]

Wow. This is a really poor explanation, and erroneous. 3-D computer modeling to examine where the light should cast shadows on his face? Maybe so, but that's not shown or proven in this video clip. Just go outside at 4pm-ish (or the time approximate to duplicate the shadow on the ground), and look at where the shadows would fall on your face, your upper lip, your neck. It won't be like in the famous Oswald photo.

[VanillaKilla8]

who gives a fuck about the shadows on stuff that was obviously just a picture of Oswald in his back yard? the rifle was the only faked part

[OhWhatsisname17]

The chin on the first model of the head he showed is different from the chin on the head he showed when comparing it to the photograph

[MumblingMickey]

@lola4jvb4lho Plus its been tried and the outcome is that those who insist we should all govern our affairs more effectively are the very same people who covet power.

So if we really want to find a truly ethical, effective system without corruption then I'm afraid we also need to not be humans. instinctively those at the bottom complain about those at the top, until they are at the top, then they complain about those at the bottom!

You should never elect anyone who asks for your vote!

[MumblingMickey]

@lola4jvb4lho Well that's cos you are probably of the opinion that those who run a nation all do so for the primary purpose of governance of that said nation. However that's not the case.

We couldn't allow a few hundred people run a nation of millions.

Thankfully there are systems in place that happily give one the idea that all is well and society is governed by its population. You'd need to trace back into antiquity for the truth, its never been any other way than it is and always has been!

[lola4jvb4lho]

The prof (his lab long funded by CIA) only used ONE photo and ONE head,and didn't check to see that the OTHER heads on the other photos ALL MATCH--an impossibility. Sure, the photos were faked, as anybody who knows anything about photography knows. Yes, the chopped fingers are a joke. Also, guy is wearing a watch. LHO owned a pocket watch and only wore an ID bracelet. The elbow is also chopped off in one photo. Ground shadows move way too far between photos to have been taken only minutes apart.

[lola4jvb4lho]

@MumblingMickey But of course we should care!Of course it matters1 What if it had been your son who was framed for the murder of JFK? Your husband? By LHO being framed, the real killers never came to justice, and THEY, in fact,went on to make sure we never could elect anyone except who they let go to the to.? Like what our country has become? It DOES matter! We can still trace back who sponsored our current corrupt government goons.

[MumblingMickey]

@lola4jvb4lho I think the missing finger tops where he was originally holding something round like a glass is more telling... and to be honest the fact that such a high degree of 1960's imaging technology was invested in this is more telling... but whatever the reason for such an investment of time, money and technology the images have been altered... clearly altered, its not in dispute by anyone who works with images... we all know its been altered... what we don't know is WHY!

[MumblingMickey]

There were three photos.... and the only thing imposed of course would be the easiest bit... the face...

Of course in the early 1960's one is limited to physical cut and paste and then placing these on a board and taking a photo of the composite image.

Most people who use photoshop including myself would agree the photos have been altered... I don't know why...and I don't really care... but it has been altered.

Specifically the right hand holding the newspaper... even a novice can see that!