Do photos mean as much anymore?

[parsec1]

It was so much better in the old days, back then you knew that Alien or Three Head Goat Boy on the cover of the National Inquire was real and not something some one created in photoshop.

I heard they had a 'contact' at Groom Lake.Dreamland and Area 51 who fed them this stuff as it 'Came in '.
Now don't go and try and spoil this by telling me there all the same place.

We all know there in three different dimensions...............:angel:

 

[parsec1]

Tom, I certainly believe film isn't better for every shot... Sometimes I use my Polaroid back on my Hassy...

Cheers,

Juan

Sometimes my Hassy put me on my pooroldback.
Sorry had too much to drink couldn't resist it.

Kind regards
Peter.

 

[xxloverxx]

If I were to produce an uncut roll of FILM with the evidence would you believe that???
Red Light (digital) camera photos do stand up in court too...

Well, not always —*film can be scanned, edited then output to film again…

 

[xxloverxx]

For some reason, asterisks are being randomly inserted. Huh.

 

[Bike Tourist]

"Do photos mean as much anymore? "

I was misled by your title. You meant do photos carry the imprint of truth today as they did years ago. As others have pointed out, image manipulation was part and parcel of photography from the beginning.

As to what I first though you meant — Do photos still have power in this age of over-saturated media? — I don't think they carry the same impact.