Cheated by an Image

Eran fights ruthless image forgers in Japan.

Laura doesn't need privacy. Laura needs a screen.

Matthias wants to be in control. Matthias deceives himself. Matthias is shocked.

Gaia needs to see the image of a body.

Augustin sets out with the aim to become an image click worker on Amazon Mechanical Turk.

Ann-Christin recognises the lamp, but she is trapped inside the frame of a photograph.

Marco clicks on an image that triggers a series of personal and global mishaps. And not even a single tropical bird shows up.

Doris sees a picture of a baby in a transparent tube and needs to know the truth.

‘When was the last time you felt cheated by an image?’ From fake news in photojournalism to profile pictures on dating apps, from internet advertisement to homestay rentals, from image workers to online marketplaces, this series takes the listener through the many ways in which we can be cheated by images.

Music by Maria Chiara Argirò and Riccardo Chiaberta.

Cheated by an Image is a project by Fotomuseum Winterthur, part of [permanent beta] The Lure of the Image. More information on fotomuseum.ch