The altered photographs, Ms. Hansen said, were intended to reassure investors and tourists.

The publisher said it printed 20,000 hardcover and 50,000 paperback books with the altered photograph.

The Times avoids printing combined or altered photographs if the effect may be misleading.

But he also said he disavowed the altered photograph.

In Dennis Farber's altered photographs, children are transmuted into birds, a pig and a doll.

Well, you'd care if you were a presidential candidate and an altered photograph contributed in a way to your ultimate loss.

The company is now trying to develop software that will help detect altered photographs.

Alexander contributed hundreds of original and altered photographs to two of Patrick Dennis's best selling books.

The altered photograph was a very passable likeness of Dr. Allen.

One shows a man putting on some lifelike female body suits made by the artist using digitally altered photographs of her naked body.