fauxtography

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15:54 Apr 4, 2011
English to Catalan translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: fauxtography
Definition from Wordnik:
(Internet) Misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, and/or the addition or omission of significant context.

Example sentence(s):
  • Snapped Shot speculates that the evidence suggests Shana may have been killed instead by recoil from an anti-tank weapon – ie, a friendly fire killing by Hamas -- and the car was set on fire to destroy the evidence of what had really happened. Is this yet another full-blown media 'fauxtography' scandal -- with Reuters once again in the manipulated frame? Spectator.co.uk
  • Times Public Editor Calame ignores the impact of "fauxtography," including this Times photo of a dead man, later seen walking around Blog camera
  • 10 examples of Fauxtography that you should examine so that you realise that pictures do lie. Not a sheep
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3"falsografia"
Anna Padrès


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"falsografia"


Definition from Proz:
Fotografia falsejada mitjançant la manipulació tècnica.

Example sentence(s):
  • En aquest concurs de fotografia no s'admeten les "falsografies". - Pròpia 

Explanation:
No he trobat cap exemple, en català. Simplement he pensat que, si la solució és acceptable pel castellà, també o pot ser pel català, ja que és una composició entre fals i fotografia.
Anna Padrès
Spain
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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