Rumor Review
Image of flamingos in canal was artwork
A piece of digital artwork of flamingos in Venice’s Grand Canal was mistaken as authentic and shared on social media:
NO: This photo of flamingos in the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, is not authentic. YES: It is a piece of digital artwork that was posted to Instagram on April 24.
Note: The verified Instagram account that shared it belongs to Kristina Makeeva, a photographer and digital artist in Moscow, who posts as “hobopeeba.” In reply to people who asked if the flamingo photo was real, she replied “no.”
Related: “The Animal Fact Checker” (Savannah Jacobson, Columbia Journalism Review)
