Almost Real. From Trace to Simulation

Almost Real. From Trace to Simulation

Even though analogue photography has always played with manipulation and fiction, it was perceived as a technology that represented accurately what was in front of the lens at a specific moment. Once printed, the images were regarded as traces of something that exists or existed. Today, image generators have made it more difficult to even assess the proportion between reality and fiction in images. When is a photo “almost real” and when is it al…