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Prologue: March 16, 2022, Kyiv Ukrainian President Zelensky. Or rather, someone wearing his face. [Source: BBC] Three weeks into the Russian invasion. A Ukrainian news site was hacked. The Zelensky in the video says:  "Lay down your weapons. Surrender." But this was not Zelensky. Awkward voice intonation Lip movements subtly misaligned Suspiciously low image quality Meta and Twitter removed it within hours. The Ukrainian government immediately denied it. The first deepfake us

When Digital Manipulation Shook Reality Prologue: November 2023, Garosu-gil November 2023, Garosu-gil. In front of a massive fashion billboard. A model in a green halter-neck dress. Before it, a woman taking a photo. Beige jacket, white pants, casual attire. An ordinary autumn afternoon scene. But I need to confess something about this photograph. This image has already been edited by me. I adjusted the exposure I tweaked the contrast I corrected the colors So, is this still

The Traditional Characteristics of Photography: Discovering the Essence of the Image on Garosu-gil Prologue: A Photograph Before the Photograph The scene I encountered while walking along Garosu-gil was a coincidence, yet it encapsulated the essential characteristics of photography within a single frame. At the very moment a traveler took a commemorative selfie in front of a giant billboard of BLACKPINK’s Jennie — the most fundamental traits of photography overlapped within t