I cropped and rotated the relevant part of the photo and ran it through TinEye.
There are hits for 1D fan fiction, some of it kidnapping-related. So it might either be that someone took a real photo and pShopped the face in, or someone found a photo of somebody who looks like the guy from One Direction. Could be maybe he had an iCloud leak? I don't follow 1D, so I haven't heard if he's had those particular troubles.
There is one hit from Twitter around 2014, but that account is suspended.
Here is a better version of the photo--it's either color corrected or it's closer to the original.
So this around 4 years old. Google says that image is used on a bunch of youtube videos that seem to be a Russian language One Direction/50 Shades of Grey mashup. So that exists.
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hopefulx ago
do a reverse image search
Thorshamster ago
I cropped and rotated the relevant part of the photo and ran it through TinEye.
There are hits for 1D fan fiction, some of it kidnapping-related. So it might either be that someone took a real photo and pShopped the face in, or someone found a photo of somebody who looks like the guy from One Direction. Could be maybe he had an iCloud leak? I don't follow 1D, so I haven't heard if he's had those particular troubles.
There is one hit from Twitter around 2014, but that account is suspended.
Here is a better version of the photo--it's either color corrected or it's closer to the original.
https://kek.gg/i/7JMFNM.jpg
Edit: the DeviantArt post is from 2013, which seems to be the earliest version of this photo.
Are_we_sure ago
So this around 4 years old. Google says that image is used on a bunch of youtube videos that seem to be a Russian language One Direction/50 Shades of Grey mashup. So that exists.