These 6 Photos Reveal the Biases We Have About People We Barely Know Anything About
Meet Michael. He’s an actor.
![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 1.38.28 PM](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-1.38.28-PM.png)
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He’s also the subject of an interesting social experiment conducted by Canon. The company commissioned portraits from 6 photographers, gave them each a different backstory for the actor, and what came next revealed how we tend to portray people after we know something about them.
PSYCHIC
![Photo Credit: Franky Tsang](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tumblr_inline_o64gppUGkb1sjh1ps_500.jpg)
Photo Credit: Lyndal Irons
RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC
![Photo Credit: Christopher Meredith](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tumblr_inline_o64gpiWgkr1sjh1ps_500.jpg)
Photo Credit: Christopher Meredith
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
![Photo Credit: Jin Lim](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tumblr_inline_o64gplalmi1sjh1ps_500.jpg)
Photo Credit: Jin Lim
SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE
![Photo Credit: Tristan Stefan Edouard](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tumblr_inline_o64gpt0BMp1sjh1ps_500.jpg)
Photo Credit: Tristan Stefan Edouard
EX-CONVICT
![Photo Credit: Kate Disher-Quill](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tumblr_inline_o64gpj4AzB1sjh1ps_500.jpg)
Photo Credit: Kate Disher-Quill
LIFE SAVER
![Photo Credit: Lyndal Irons](https://didyouknowfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tumblr_inline_o64gpssLec1sjh1ps_500.jpg)
Photo Credit: Franky Tsang
Check out the video of the process from Canon.