Canadian photographer Francois Brunelle spent 12 years tracking down real life Doppelgängers — two individuals who are not related but could pass for identical twins — and photographing them. He calls his project “I’m Not a Look-Alike,” and it’s starting to get some well-deserved attention.

Article with more pictures: https://www.chasejarvis.com/blog/me-myself-and-i-francois-brunelle-and-his-doppelganger-project-find-your-look-alike/

Photograph website: http://www.francoisbrunelle.com/webn/e-project.html

  • TomMasz@kbin.social
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    2 months ago

    Makes you wonder how many people got jailed for a crime they didn’t commit before the widespread use of fingerprints and DNA just because they resembled someone else.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      People still do.

      I can’t find the study but people over estimate whether someone looks familiar, especially in stressful situations.

      There are people in prison right now because they look like the perpetrator.

      Imma give you a guess as to the races of these people.

      The wikipedia article on eyewitness testimony goes into more detail.