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PENN JONES T H E
CONTINUING
INQUIRY
OCTOBER 22, 1979
CAN A PHOTOGRAPH LIE? By Jack White
Having worked in graphics for 30 years, I can say with some authority that the answer is an
emphatic "yesI" r have seen transparencies and prints retouched or altered by experts so
that the changes are not detectable even
under high powered magnification. Skilled
retouchers of transparencies can use
bleaches, dyes, airbrush, matte insertion,
darkroom manipulations, filters, microscopic
retouching, art techniques, and
skillful recopying and reprinting procedures
to produce composites much different than
the original.
The House Assassinations Committee recently
published this drawing, which they said
was an accurate representation of JFK
autopsy photo 15. Based on his study
of the original of this photo, expert
photo technician Robert Groden declared
this and several other photos to be fykes.
Groden says that a sophisticated graphic
process called soft-edge matte insertion
was used to superimpose upon the photo of
Kennedy's head a photo of hair, scalp and
bullet hole from some other source. He
contends this was done to cover up the
evidence of a large exit wound in the rear
of the head, thereby bolstering the much
disputed "single-bullet theory". Naturally
an exit in the rear would confirm a shot
from the "grassy knoll". Since Oswald is
"proved" to be in the TSBD, he could not
be the killer if the head shot is from the
front instead of the rear. All investigative
agencies of the government would
look very silly if a photo exists which depicts a rear exit wound. On the other hand, suppose
that nhoto could be altered to show an entrance wound; this would confirm a rear assassin and
deny a frontal shooter.
Based on my study of the facts, my knowledge of photography, my confidence in Robert Groden's
Tjhoto-analytical ability, and my suspicions of the HSCA and certain governmental agencies, I
t d d to accept Groden'E analysis that this photo and others are fakes. Knowing that photos
Object Description
| Title | Can A Photograph Lie? By Jack White |
| Volume No. | 4 |
| Issue No. | 3 |
| Date | 1979-10-22 |
| Series | V. Personal – E. Publications – 1. The Continuing Inquiry |
| Uniform Title | The Continuing Inquiry |
| Collection Title | Poage Library - JFK - Penn Jones Collection |
| Custodian | Poage Legislative Library |
| ID | 15p-jfkjones-ci-v4_1979-10-22 |
| Resource Type | Newsletter |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Series | V. Personal – E. Publications – 1. The Continuing Inquiry |
| Uniform Title | The Continuing Inquiry |
| Collection Title | Poage Library - JFK - Penn Jones Collection |
| Custodian | Poage Legislative Library |
| Resource Type | Newsletter |
| Format | Text |
| Full Text | PENN JONES T H E CONTINUING INQUIRY OCTOBER 22, 1979 CAN A PHOTOGRAPH LIE? By Jack White Having worked in graphics for 30 years, I can say with some authority that the answer is an emphatic "yesI" r have seen transparencies and prints retouched or altered by experts so that the changes are not detectable even under high powered magnification. Skilled retouchers of transparencies can use bleaches, dyes, airbrush, matte insertion, darkroom manipulations, filters, microscopic retouching, art techniques, and skillful recopying and reprinting procedures to produce composites much different than the original. The House Assassinations Committee recently published this drawing, which they said was an accurate representation of JFK autopsy photo 15. Based on his study of the original of this photo, expert photo technician Robert Groden declared this and several other photos to be fykes. Groden says that a sophisticated graphic process called soft-edge matte insertion was used to superimpose upon the photo of Kennedy's head a photo of hair, scalp and bullet hole from some other source. He contends this was done to cover up the evidence of a large exit wound in the rear of the head, thereby bolstering the much disputed "single-bullet theory". Naturally an exit in the rear would confirm a shot from the "grassy knoll". Since Oswald is "proved" to be in the TSBD, he could not be the killer if the head shot is from the front instead of the rear. All investigative agencies of the government would look very silly if a photo exists which depicts a rear exit wound. On the other hand, suppose that nhoto could be altered to show an entrance wound; this would confirm a rear assassin and deny a frontal shooter. Based on my study of the facts, my knowledge of photography, my confidence in Robert Groden's Tjhoto-analytical ability, and my suspicions of the HSCA and certain governmental agencies, I t d d to accept Groden'E analysis that this photo and others are fakes. Knowing that photos |
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