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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[–] TomMasz@kbin.social 67 points 6 months 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.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 6 months 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.

[–] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 6 months 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.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months 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.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 7 points 6 months 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

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months 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.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Step 1: Don't be black.

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

Actually nevermind lol.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Very cool, I wonder how he finds the matches.

[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's Canada we all look the same buddy .

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 45 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He's not your buddy, guy.

[–] MrPibb@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He’s not your guy, friend.

[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's not your friend, buddy.

[–] Legend@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

He's not your friend, bub .

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

He's not your bub, pal.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He’s not your guy, friend.

[–] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's not your friend, pal.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's not your pal, dude.

[–] Legend@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's not your dude, lad .

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[–] variants@possumpat.io 45 points 6 months 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

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 22 points 6 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months 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.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Well they're not literal identical twins

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months 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.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months 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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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (2 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.

[–] constantokra@lemmy.one 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This used to happen to me literally everywhere I went. Sometimes you just give off a drug dealer vibe I guess?

For what it's worth, I'm a bit odd because I'm autistic, and I've never touched a drug my doctor didn't prescribe in my life.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

They were calling me by a different name, so I'm pretty sure I looked like a known dealer. It was really weird, and kinda scary since several of the people that approached me were obviously in withdrawals and didn't believe me that I had no idea what they were talking about.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Their faces often match but their jawlines don't.

The mustache people are cheats.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago

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

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months 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

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 4 points 6 months ago

There can be only one, McLeod

[–] Hubi@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

News flash, none of us are as unique as we think.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Except me. I'm definitely unique. Right?

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Boy, a couple of his pics are lookin creepy.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 6 months ago

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

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

[–] ElPenguin@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] GeoGio7@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months 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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