The camera never lies. Or so the saying goes. A wise old photographer told me that the opposite is true; the camera always lies. At the very least it gives us a two-dimensional image of our three-dimensional world. At worst, it snatches a moment in time which is completely out of context with the unfolding reality. Journalists love it, historians hate it, and the public is confused by it.
There's no real attempt at deception here. That stag really was bellowing on a Scottish hillside beneath an approaching storm. The fact that he was in the Highland Wildlife Park and was photographed from the window of a Ford Focus is beside the point... right..?
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