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Canadian photographer Francois Brunell searches and photographs similar people, but who are not related to each other. He has currently done about 200 couple portraits. (www.chasejarvis.com)

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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

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

The book 'Picking Cotton' is a hard read, but its nonfiction about a woman realizing she identified the wrong man for SA. Its excellent.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Happens all the time. Just look up prison doppelgänger and you’ll get a bunch of hits. One guy spent 17 years falsely imprisoned.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If you want to listen to a fun episode of Behind the Bastards regarding this topic:

Behind the Bastards: Part One: The Bastards of Forensic Science

https://omny.fm/shows/behind-the-bastards/part-one-the-bastards-of-forensic-science

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Why do you think the homicide clearence rate has plummeted? Can't just swing by a random black person, beat the shit out of them, and pin a crime on them like you used to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Step 1: Don't be black.

~~Step 2: Don't be born before 1960.~~

Actually nevermind lol.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago

This dude is trying to categorize all the different NPC variants.

We always joked about this when I worked at a really busy pizza place, how around the corner er all the npcs would spawn and sometimes you'd get the same one in a row just rendered a different color outfit

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very cool, I wonder how he finds the matches.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's Canada we all look the same buddy .

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's not your buddy, guy.

[–] MrPibb 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’s not your guy, friend.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's not your friend, buddy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He's not your friend, bub .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's not your bub, pal.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’s not your guy, friend.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's not your friend, pal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's not your pal, dude.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's not your dude, lad .

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And this illustrates a problem of using facial recognition databases as a security measure. False positives lead to false convictions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Would be an interesting test set for categorising the accuracy of such software.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Am I the only one that thinks most of them don't look that similar?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

I feel like that's because we actually get to see them side by side. But if you were friends with one and saw the other as a stranger out in public, say the grocery store, it might warrant a "holy shit, I just saw someone who looks exactly like you," text accompanied by an awkwardly zoomed in picture of them in the frozen foods aisle.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Well they're not literal identical twins

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not alone, I thought the same thing... They don't look that similar, they would make a really trash "spot the difference" challenge.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok now imagine you're the only witness to a crime and the doppleganger walks in. You wouldn't question your recollection??

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was a young man I went on vacation to another city, and while there I was constantly approached by people who wanted to buy drugs from me. Apparently I had a doppelganger in that city who was a street corner drug dealer.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Their faces often match but their jawlines don't.

The mustache people are cheats.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Very cool and all, but why are all the doppelgangers in deep love with each other?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If I was sure I wasn't related to them, banging my doppelganger would be a very interesting experience.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Marketing determined that having them blood covered, with ripped clothing, and holding blades at arms length wasn't as appealing to most audiences

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

There can be only one, McLeod

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A few of them look so much alike, it's uncanny.

[–] ElPenguin 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool idea, but like most of these people don't look alike at all. Completely different noses, jaws, chins, eyes, etc.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I think he's going for a more subtle similarity. Like they look like they could be related but necessarily twins.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boy, a couple of his pics are lookin creepy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

What's with the poses haha, it's making me so uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Two people that look alike but aren't related. That's what I'm talking about!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Tbh I'd be totally interested to find my doppelganger(s) from around the world. Just kinda like a neat experiment/experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wil Ferrell + RHCP drummer = so much this.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Somebody face-swap them all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Its almost like we're all human beings. Jokes aside, I think this project is cool AF

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What are the odds that both these guys, not related, looks like a douche? Man coincidences are fucking weird.

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2013/02/me-myself-and-i-francois-brunelle-and-his-doppelganger-project-find-your-look-alike/chasejarvis_francoisbrunelle_8/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a tedious job better suited to AI. Fight me.

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