The OP said: > Therefore informing the viewer, what you're seeing is a mixing of reality and illusion. In my opinion, showing just the Instagram filters is wo

The OP said: > Therefore informing the viewer, what you're seeing is a mixing of reality and illusion. In my opinion, showing just the Instagram filters is worse in that case, since using any other filter (i.e. Photoshop, Camera-integrated or analog) will not be shown and people might think this is a realistic picture when it really is not. There is some artistic and marketing value in showing the filter, but not for the use-case outlined by the OP.