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Re: Authenticity, was RE: Epson or HP for alt-phot ... ? (some OT)
This was also the policy of Ripley's believe it or not contests...a photo
had to be corroborated by two witnesses or it wasn't accepted as proof.
"A photograph doesn't lie, but liars may photograph" -- Lewis Hine
--Darryl
Carl Weese wrote:
> Sam,
>
> Courts as I understand it _never_ accept a photograph as credible
> evidence on its own: it is evidenciary only accompanied by credible
> interpretation. Forensic photographs, for example, are used to support
> forensic expert testimony, not as "facts" in their own right.
>
> ---Carl