Pictures That Lie

I added the image of a man who appears to by flying, propelled solely by his lung power. It is a funny picture because it shows a man in flight, being chased by three people. It's also funny because the method for flight in the picture is very irrational. This picture was ran in the April Fool's edition of Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung in 1934. It was made by manipulating the man jumping on skis to look like he was flying. The background was changed and the two pictures were merged of the man on skis with his flying device and the three men chasing him from behind. It was manipulated to be ran in the April Fool's edition of the magazine as joke for a product that allowed men to fly using their own lung power. The manipulation was not harmful because it did not have any lasting, negative consequences. It was published in an April Fool's article, so the joke was well taken and the picture was even distributed widely in the United States.