The Camera Never Lies: A laugh out loud tale of life in the spotlight

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In fact, the Worldwide Fund for Nature reports that polar bear numbers are declining in only one of the ten polar bear populations for which there are data. Two are increasing, and the remainder are stable. The photograph and video are not representative of what they purport to show. They are not news. They are propaganda. But photographic fraud by newshounds gets much subtler and harder to detect. In an infamous case, the media appeared to operate as lapdogs to a public relations agent for one of the combatant sides. It involves a supposed rescue worker in Qana, during the same war, who was photographed an astonishing number of times by an astonishing number of photographers from an astonishing number of angles in an astonishing number of locations at widely different times brandishing the very same child’s corpse. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.407. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. The earliest citation of the precise 'camera cannot lie' phrase I have found is from The Evening News, Lincoln, Nebraska, November 1895, complete with an intimation of the early doubts about the literal truth of the phrase:

As technology develops, it’s becoming easier than ever to create misleading images and footage—although it was never impossible. In 1895 the Lincoln, Nebraska, Evening News remarked, “Photographers, especially amateur photographers, will tell you that the camera cannot lie. This only proves that photographers, especially amateur photographers, can, for the dry plate can fib as badly as the canvas on occasion.” In The Camera Never Lies, we meet Daniel... a marriage counselor whose own marriage and family seems to be falling apart. When his grandfather leaves him an old camera, he learns that 'the camera never lies'. When he takes the film to be developed, he realizes that things aren't as they should be. The camera is not capturing the faces that we put on and present to the world, but rather the truths behind the mask. That’s an incredible description. This verse doesn’t say “God, who will not lie,” but, “God, who cannot lie.” Deception and dishonesty are so far from His nature that the very thought of lying is abhorrent to Him ( Proverbs 6:16-19).Yes, this book has a message, or actually lots of messages for readers . If you like preachy stories, by all means, read it. Most of the characters are real enough, though, and there is one big secret that, if found out, could totally devastate the personal and professional life of the protagonist Daniel. How everything, including that big secret, is handled at the end is not particularly satisfying, but it was obviously a story written to teach and preach, not to entertain or compete with literary type novels. Kelly is a mother that is broken and at her end. She is battling within herself with her husband, her role as a mother and her job. She wants to make things better but feels like control is slipping. I felt bad for Kelly. Sometimes I wanted to just hug her.

Daniel Whiteley, wife Kelly, and twelve year old daughter Milly appear to be the perfect family and it’s not the case. Daniel is a successful marriage counsellor and bestselling author, his own marriage is at a crisis point, he discovers his daughter is failing school and they're worried about her self-harming. Australian author David Rawlings has just won a 2019 Christy Award for his debut novel, The Baggage Handler, so I wanted to find out how his second novel fared in comparison. As the USC Fisher Museum of Art put it, “That defiant and scowling portrait became an instant icon of Britain’s stand against fascism.”When Daniel first uses his new camera he finds someone has already filled the roll of film. Annoyed, he processes the film and finds photos of a secret that he’s been hiding from his wife and daughter.