W. Gilbert's Essay: Verisimilitude In Photography

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Verisimilitude is the semblance of reality in dramatic or the quality of seeming real. The relationship of verisimilitude to the photograph is really important. Photos taken by a photographer does not always have to be authentic. They are so many photos that are not accurate most of the time. They might have some missing points in a photo while taking it. The photograph at times might not be telling the real story of the picture and don’t capture the accuracy of the scene but the photo looks very believable. For example how W.S Gilbert says in one of his quotes, “Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.”
When I look at the photo Parisian Boulevard daguerreotype

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