Thread by @AFPFactCheck

These two juxtaposed photos were retweeted over 35,000 times with the caption “perspective matters”. Perspective matters, and so do dates and places… because these two photos were taken on two different days in two different places, in Paris 🔍
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Criticism of media coverage is legitimate, but this isn't the best example of it. These photos were taken on 2 different days in 2 separate places… and AFP did not find a single photo combining a scooter on fire and the Arc de Triomphe in the background
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In Spanish, the juxtapositions were framed as, "Here is how photographers covering a demonstration in Paris turn a small fire into hell." This website flatly accuses AFP of deception… even though AFP did not take either of the frames
web.archive.org/web/2018121018…
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The first image was taken on December 1, by Katerine Pierre, a photographer for Hans Lucas agency. It can be found here: hanslucas.com/kpierre/photo/… (number 35)
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The second photo was taken on December 8 on Friedland avenue in Paris, by a staff photographer at French magazine @LePoint, who posted it on Twitter

https://twitter.com/LePoint/status/1071384478830997504

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The juxtaposition of two photos from two different weekends is a clever move: by positioning oneself on the spot where the burning scooter was photographed, on Friedland avenue in Paris, the perspective of the Arc de Triomphe is the same google.com/maps/@48.87467…
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The two photos aren’t of the same place. The Hans Lucas photo was taken exactly on the other side of the Arc de Triomphe, on Foch Avenue. This is verifiable by looking at:
1) this lamp post
2) this stoplight
3) this fence and the beginning of Traktir Street on the right
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Fun fact on globalized disinformation: this information was first verified by our journalist in Mexico for @AfpFactual because it was flagged by a Chilean who had seen the image in circulation. @GuillaumeDaudin contributed to this verification from Paris for @AfpFactuel
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