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n A B rief T utorial  on the Earl y Arts of Photo Manipulation   "I believe it was probably less than ten minutes that went by from the invention of photography to the point where people realized that they could lie with photographs."-- Errol Morris   (Below) Th is composite photo by Henry Peach Robinson used five separate images and shows the sophistication of the state of the art of photo manipulation   as early as 1858. photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Th e photographic manipulation (belo w ) was the placing of Lincoln's head on John Calhoun’s body in 1860. The photographer used a composite technique.      During the American civil war (1861 - 1865), well known photographer, Mathew Br ady, enhanced many of his photos to better show the carnage and horrors of the Civil W a r. The photo on the left was released in 1864 from a composite of the three photos on the right. Unidentified French artist, published by Allain de Torbéchet et Cie. ca. 1880