A man takes a photo of five people, but when the picture is viewed, only four people appear in it. How can that be?
Answer: The man taking the photo is one of the five people.
He is behind the camera, so only the other four people appear in the photograph. The trick is in the phrase “a photo of 5 people.” It encourages you to assume all five must be standing in front of the camera.
Once you account for the photographer, the situation makes sense. It is a simple perspective riddle that catches people who read the setup too quickly.
