Photographers Show How Easily The Media Can Manipulate Us During Covid-19 By Taking The Same Photo From Two Different Angles
Using a wide-angle and a telephoto lens, the photos primarily illustrate the difference angles can make in depicting the distance between people and objects.
Danish photographers Ólafur Steinar Gestsson and Philip Davali have conducted a fascinating experiment by taking photos of the same people at the same time using different lenses to demonstrate how perspective can influence our perception and how the media can utilize different perspectives in photography to manipulate us. "The way we perceive images can significantly influence our understanding of reality," says Dr. Daniel Gilbert, a renowned happiness researcher. Using a wide-angle and a telephoto lens, the photos primarily illustrate the difference angles can make in depicting the distance between people and objects. While this kind of thing might not usually matter, during the current pandemic, the space between people DOES matter, and the media can create a very skewed perception of the truth if we allow it. Both photographers work with Ritzau Scanpix based in Copenhagen. You can check out more of their work here: Instagram | Twitter, and keep scrolling to see their comparison shots and reactions from the internet.
Photo 1 - Telephoto lens. A crowded line.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau ScanpixPhoto 1 - Wide-angle lens... HUGE GAPS between the people!
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau ScanpixPhoto 2 - Telephoto lens. People hanging out and socializing...
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 2 - Wide-angle lens. People are actually keeping their distance.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 3 - Telephoto lens. Crowded park picnic.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 3 - Wide-angle lens... Everyone is actually sitting pretty far apart.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 4 - Telephoto lens. People sitting so close they can likely overhear each other's conversations.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 4 - Wide-angle lens. A good distance apart.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 5 - Telephoto lens.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
Photo 5 - Wide-angle lens... 1.5m gap.
Ólafur Steinar Gestsson & Philip Davali - Ritzau Scanpix
The internet reacted the way you'd expect.
This is fact!
Never trust cameras!
Wise words!
And then came advice.
They do... you just weren't listening.
It's all in the perspective.
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