Can you believe your eyes in the digital world?
By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News Image manipulation expert Ric Bradley airbrushes Zoe Kleinman Whether it's Obama on the beach or the impossibly flawless skin of this month's glossy cover girl, any picture can now be digitally altered to tell an entirely different story. In the age of the airbrush, can we ever really believe our eyes? One man who can is Professor Hany Farid, a computer scientist and digital forensics expert who is a professional spotter of faked images - although he does not like the term. Technology and culture Continue reading the main story This is the first of a five part series exploring the intersection between technology and culture "Fakery is a loaded word - I prefer alteration or manipulation," he said. "It's not always in
