Thursday, July 31, 2025

The truth is beneath the surface (and also above it)

Atlantic Surf Under Soft Light, Hutchinson Island, Florida

Between editing software and artificial intelligence, photographs are no longer trusted as presenting an absolute truth. It’s a different world from the one nearly 150 years ago when Eadweard Muybridge showed racehorses can briefly fly through the air. But even an unedited photo represents only one version of the truth. That’s because there is no such thing as a completely unedited photo.