This is interesting. Apparently a lot of people thought that the picture is faked. The article addresses this concern:
" Faced with "a staggering number of people" who "refuse to believe in the authenticity of this image", Jean-Noël Lafargue, a teacher of digital practices at the Le Havre school of art and the University of Paris 8, conducted the survey. Having done so, he decided to share his thoughts in an article, published online: "This case made me want to think about how the notion of photo editing, by becoming familiar, makes everyone think they are specialists in the manipulation of images". " [auto-translated]
This is interesting. Apparently a lot of people thought that the picture is faked. The article addresses this concern:
" Faced with "a staggering number of people" who "refuse to believe in the authenticity of this image", Jean-Noël Lafargue, a teacher of digital practices at the Le Havre school of art and the University of Paris 8, conducted the survey. Having done so, he decided to share his thoughts in an article, published online: "This case made me want to think about how the notion of photo editing, by becoming familiar, makes everyone think they are specialists in the manipulation of images". " [auto-translated]