This tutorial is part 24 of the OSINT At Home series. The tutorial covers the basics of an OSINT investigation that start with analysing a photo, especially one which might be involved in human rights work or an investigation into conflict-related violence.
The tutorial focusses on guiding you through how to use open source intelligence techniques to answer fundamental questions when analysing a photo, or a video, namely WHERE, WHEN, WHAT and WHO. Below are the timecodes for these:
WHERE: 00:00:45
WHEN: 00:04:39
WHAT: 00:10:36
WHO: 00:13:01
The image I have used in this tutorial is one that I found while doing research on the initial violence that happened after the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021. If you would like to follow along, the image used in this tutorial can be found below.
Human Rights Watch image link: https://www.hrw.org/modal/100772
Getty image link: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/police-block-a-road-leading-to-the-city-hall-as-protesters-news-photo/1301914627
The OSINT At Home series is useful for those looking to find digital breadcrumbs and pick up some methods of open source intelligence (OSINT), digital investigations and good old plain research. No matter who you are, or where you are in the world, you can follow these tutorials from home with publicly available information to answer questions such as who, what, where and when.
CREDITS FOR THIS TUTORIAL
All links, images and videos used for tutorial purposes and editorial purposes to analyse ongoing events in the media. Imagery featured on Google Earth is credited to those seen on the screen.