Image talk:Gandhi Boer War 1899.jpg

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It is a photograph. Source website has been provided while uploading the image, and that source, a reputable Indian newspaper, says that the image is a photograph dating to 1899. ImpuMozhi 02:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

It is obviously not a photograph, regardless of what the "reputable newspaper" may say now or may have said back in antiquity. Its not even artistic realism - its more like a cartoon. In fact, two other young Ghandi photos appear to be actual fakes. This one at least is a genuine illustration. -Ste|vertigo 17:17, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Claimed "photo" of Mahatma Gandhi said to have been "taken in 1899 when he was serving in the Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer war." Source: http://www.thehinduimages.com:8080/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=2535921

This claim is disputed, due to the fact that the image is a cartoon. See talk page.

I don't see the point in these exertions. I have provided the source, which is indeed, a "very reputable" newspaper (italics to add to your scare-quotes) and one could reasonably expect you to provide something other than bare and repeated assertion. ImpuMozhi 18:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

It looks like a lithograph to me, which were often made directly from photographs for the purposes of printing them in newspapers. (The Soviet Union continued to use this technology way after it had been outdated, which is why tons of Soviet-era pictures from even the 1960s have the same hazy, drawn look to them. In 1899 though it would not have been all that primative for cheaply reproduced photos, as I understand it, with my limited knowledge of the history of printing). All the same, I don't really understand what the debate is about. Does it being a lithograph or a photograph significantly change its copyright status? --Fastfission 15:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The reason why it looks like a painting is because this was taken right around the time when photographs were first made. Naturally, photographs would look weird like this as opposed to roughly 110 years later (today), in which photographs have developed to look more realistic. Armyrifle 23:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)