Lucas Blalock's *Scenario for Barter* is a chromogenic print that exemplifies the artist's signature approach of deliberately exposing digital manipulation within photography, using Photoshop edits as a visible, almost painterly layer rather than concealing them. The work plays with the tension between the photographic image and its digital alteration, drawing attention to the constructed nature of representation itself. Blalock's process invites viewers to reconsider how meaning and authenticity are negotiated in the age of image-making.