Fauxtography

The famous Cottingley fairy photographs rate as the greatest psychic photographic hoax of the 20th century. Branded “the first deepfake” by the History Channel,1 they have fascinated audiences for gen

Compare tim flach’s wildlife portraits with almost identical images created by artificial intelligence (AI) and you are aware of two things – they are remarkably lifelike but you can still quite easil

The celebrity mystics who captivated Europe in the interwar years

Historian Keith recalls similar incidences of suspected foul play from days gone by

The Mammoth by George R Lawrence, 1900

John Wade remembers when the shutters finally closed on the British camera industry