These 6 Photos Reveal the Biases We Have About People We Barely Know Anything About
Meet Michael. He’s an actor.
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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: Lyndal Irons
RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC
Photo Credit: Christopher Meredith
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
Photo Credit: Jin Lim
SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE
Photo Credit: Tristan Stefan Edouard
EX-CONVICT
Photo Credit: Kate Disher-Quill
LIFE SAVER
Photo Credit: Franky Tsang
Check out the video of the process from Canon.
