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Can you see what's wrong with this Disneyland photo?
If you thought this was just another generic blogger standing outside the Sleeping Beauty castle in Disneyland, then think again.
Freelance photographer Carolyn, who goes by the name ‘theslowtraveler’ on Instagram, uploaded the snap to her social media account to prove just how fake people can be on the site.
You see, Carolyn, who is currently in her second year of a degree in photography, wasn’t even in Disneyland at all and had Photoshopped herself into the image without anybody noticing.
The whole experiment started after Carolyn downloaded an app called FaceApp on her phone and took a picture of herself.
The app is known to extremely modify people’s fine lines and make them appear like they have a full face of make-up on.
A bemused Carolyn decided to upload the image to Facebook but absolutely nobody questioned the authenticity of it - not even her best friend or mum.
That’s when she decided to take the experiment to the next level and hack her own Instagram account.
She started off her hacking by using FaceApp to make her look 10 years younger and posting that picture to her Instagram account.
“Tomorrow, I'm going to be 22! I'm treating myself with a trip to Californ-I-ay: I'm off to Disneyland to Instagram the hell out of Sleeping Beauty's Castle,” the caption read.
Carolyn is in fact 32-years –old and had absolutely no intention of going anywhere near an airplane the next day or the iconic castle.
Yet, the following day, a post cropped up on Carolyn’s account, which appeared to show her looking flawless in front of a deserted Sleeping Beauty castle.
“I've taken myself off to California. There I am in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle – my crazy, self-indulgent 22nd birthday present to myself. Tomorrow I'll be back home and it'll be like it never even happened! I keep saying to myself: it's kind of fun to do the impossible. Life is what you make it!”
Taking to her blog, Carolyn explained the concept behind her experiment and why she hacked her own account.
“For me, Instagram is a positive experience. But I know that’s not the case for a lot of people,” she wrote.
“Instagram is apparently full of these ‘slim, prosperous, happy, extroverted and popular’ – a bit like my perfect self.
“I wanted my fictional narrative to challenge the way I portray myself online and the effects of this portrayal.
“I don’t usually FaceApp my face or pretend I’ve been places I haven’t. But I never read by the window – those windows, beautiful as they are, make my flat freezing cold.
“Sometimes that coffee cup I’m holding is empty. I suck in my stomach. I rearrange the furniture. I photoshop out dirty marks made by bashing furniture off the walls.
“What I do know is this: I take those pictures because they’re the kind of pictures I like to look at.
“Instagram is really good at escapism, the aspirational, the inspirational. So I try to get those things into pictures I post.”
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