Mormonism LIVE: 086: Would the Real Joseph Smith Please Stand Up?

Major News in Mormonism happened this week when a photograph surfaced alleging to be the Prophet Joseph Smith. So Bill and RFM dug into the story and followed the trail examining the Photographs, Portraits, Daguerreotypes, and other depictions both known to be Joseph for certain and also alleged to see if we could get to the bottom of what Joseph Smith really looked like.

RESOURCES:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2012/12/small-and-simple-things/what-did-joseph-smith-really-look-like?lang=eng

What Did Joseph Smith Really Look Like? 8 Images That Provide Us With Clues

Hidden Things: What did Joseph Smith Actually Look Like?

https://www.thechurchnews.com/archives/1997-12-06/what-did-joseph-smith-really-look-like-128922

Book – Images of the Prophet Joseph Smith: Davis Bitton – https://www.amazon.com/Images-Prophet-Joseph-Smith-Bitton/dp/1562362232

https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Skulls-and-Crossed-Bones-A-Forensic-Study-of-the-Remains-of-Hyrum-and-Joseph-Smith.pdf

https://www.knowbrotherjoseph.com/death-mask-unreliable

AI can analyse a portrait and calculate what the actual person may have looked like in real life, based on techniques and styles common at a given time or in a given place. This is what AI thinks Joseph and Emma Smith may have looked like from latterdaysaints

All the pieces fit from latterdaysaints

http://silverepicent.com/photofound/photofound/Photograph_Found/RLDS_Painting.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aUTj-VvRM – Historical discussion of the Joseph Smith photo discovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rspFgoyU5Hg – amateur facial analysis of the Death Mask and the newly discovered photo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzk4Z4Wrz38 – 2nd amateur facial analysis of the Death Mask and the newly discovered photo.