The Photo Detective News
Maureen TaylorMaureen Taylor loves family photographs. All of them — from the mystery images you find in shoeboxes and albums to the pictures you snap with your digital devices.My skills live at the junction of history, genealogy and photography.
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How to Spot Fake Antique Photographs: Five Clues for Collectors
Imagine buying a nineteenth-century photograph, only to discover that it isn’t nearly as old as you thought. It’s a modern fake.
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When Photos Lie
Adding a Background: Creating a Scene That Never Existed
Not every photographic backdrop was actually behind the sitter.
Photographers could combine negatives, employ painted backgrounds, or use other techniques to place subjects in se...
When Photographs Lie
From nineteenth-century tintypes to AI-generated images, altering photographs is nothing new. But how can we tell what’s real?
There’s a lot of news these days about AI-enhanced and AI-manipulated photographs. With just a few keystrokes, w...
AI-Altered Family Photographs
Episode 269: The Photo Detective Podcast
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What happens when someone uses AI to alter your family photographs without permission?
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Postcards in the Family
Although postcard communication has largely disappeared from everyday life, historic postcards can provide wonderful context for our ancestors’ lives. They capture places, relationships, travel, celebrations, and the small details of daily...
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Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective ® helps clients with photo related genealogical problems. She's made appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others.
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