A picture is worth a thousand words

— but who decides what those pictures mean and what those words are? In this age of cell phone cameras and easy-to-use point-and-shoots, it’s tempting to believe that the lens does all the work and that the truth will shine through easily, but as this video from Canon shows us, the photographer has more influence than even she or he realizes. A trick of the light, a particular angle and suddenly one man becomes six. Just watch.