"I need say nothing of how one head can be put on another body in
a picture, nor need I say what a double exposure will do. There
is almost no limit to the changes that may be wrought in form and
feature. It is possible to represent a person crossing Broadway
or walking on Riverside Drive, places he may never have visited.
Thus a person charged with an offence may be able to prove an
alibi by the aid of a skilfully prepared combination photograph.
"Where, then, can photography be considered as irrefutable evidence?
The realism may convince all, will convince all, except the expert
and the initiated after careful study. A shrewd judge will insist
that in every case the negative be submitted and examined for
possible alterations by a clever manipulator."
Kennedy bent his gaze on McLoughlin. "Now, I do not accuse you,
sir, of anything. But a photograph has come into the possession of
Mr. Travis in which he is represented as standing on the steps of
your house with yourself and Mr. Cadwalader Brown. He and Mr. Brown
are in poses that show the utmost friendliness. I do not hesitate
to say that that was originally a photograph of yourself, Mr. Brown,
and your own candidate. It is a pretty raw deal, a fake in which
Travis has been substituted by very excellent photographic forgery.
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