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20 Responses to “ Are These Images Real? ”

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   Mere Mortal Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   Very real. They are fairly famous too.
   Of course you could easily do something like that or anything else you can imagine with Photoshop today, however, these pictures were taken decades be digital imaging.
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   We can only guess what the fatality rate for iron workers was back then. We do know that 5 workers were killed during the construction of the Empire State Building in 4 different incidents. That is completely unacceptable by modern standards.
   Today a skyscraper is often built without a single loss of life because of the safety procedures and equipment used.

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   fhotoace Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   Not only are they “real”, they were photographed using an 5×7 view camera in many cases.
   Link:http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/ar…
   ” Lewis Hine was commissioned to photograph the construction of the building in 1930. Taking many of the risks the construction workers endured, Hine photographed the workers in precarious positions while they secured the iron and steel framework of the structure. In order to obtain the best vantage points, Hine was swung out in a specially designed basket 1,000 feet above Fifth Avenue. ”
   Link to the Eastman House where the originals hanghttp://www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/htmlsrc/…

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   Raging Tranny Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   Holy Zeus they’re amazing! Ive seen one or two before, quite iconic. I was once told that native american indians where often employed in the construction of tall buildings because of the lack of fear and attitude to death. It wold be interesting to see a few with those guys in them – their facial expressions, countenance etc.

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   PearlJam Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   I think it’s real, it can’t be a photoshop, it just seems real to me, back then they didn’t have the technology to fake it so i assume its real

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   namedele Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   They are real because that is the way construction was done at the time, no need to fake it. It’s not because Photoshop hadn’t been invented. Images were faked in the darkroom long before PS.

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   Fishmeis Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   These are very famous photos!, they most certainly are real.
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   Picture Taker Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   I saw these images when I was a kid – in the 1950’s – long before Photoshop was invented. They are real.

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   Ansell A Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   They are very very real.

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   Smartphone Software Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   They look real and they might be but today with all the technology available I’d never bet on any of it.

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    HE-MAN (i have the power) Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    yer them pictures are real and very famous, they have been about for years, long before photoshop

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    CiaoChao Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    They are really famous, and old. Definitely real.

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    Jade. Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    must be it was a long time ago before editing and that was available, ive seen them on postcards and on peoples walls.

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    Wordpress Autoblog Plugin Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    They are stock photos. I saw them in a handbook for stock photos.

14. 
    Haloinc Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Yes, they’re real.

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    millicen Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    they are real. photographers often go to great lengths to get those kinds of photos.

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    Tres Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Some are real for sure- the guy hanging on the cord.. I’ve seen it in a library.

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    <3 Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    well they look real

18. 
    Beatrice Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    yer i think they are.

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    Helen Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Very unlikely to be real i think , even if a photographer in 1931 wanted to get these pictures he would have done it the easy way in a studio , regardless of that they are to well focused to be that old i think .

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    Sharr Dec 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    for some reason it just looks fake to me
    cuz why is there that white glow around them..
    and the cameras in 1931 were so large and technical, it woulda been hard to get them up there.

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