Oh Italy, how I love your Photoshopping ways! I have written about Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, before and now we have been graced with this gem…
[Please - I beg of you - click to enlarge this image. It is sooo worth it!]
You really need to view the enlarged image to see the Shops in their full glory – fake flowers, fuzzy balconies, duplicated people – this image has it all! I even found some more things (duplicated flags – noted in blue). It is like a Where’s Waldo? of Shops! Can you find more?
If there are any Italians out there who want to give me the skinny on this story, please feel free to do so in the comments. I tried to hunt down what magazine this originated from (I got the scan from Twitter), but all the news articles I could find are written in Italian … and, you know, I’m American which means I can’t even read or write English all that well.
Thanks to Kevin for the submit!
Update: After attempting to read some Italian news articles that were franken-hacked via google translator, it appears the above photo is from a magazine/book published by Alberto Peruzzo called “Noi Amiamo Silvio” (We Love Silvio) – a collection of photos celebrating the Prime Minister. If the above is just a taste of what the magazine holds, my bet is that it is filled with even more glorious Shops! It is on sale now in Italy, costs 9.90 euros and would make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for this blogger. Just sayin’.
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Haha i can see the same people several times in the back area (just above the blue square) i would wager that 90% of this image is shopped, even the main guy looks like he was shopped in and whatever those white walls are supposed to be, both are fake.
Luke, I agree – pretty much everything about this photo screams FAKE! Heck, even the bursts of light reflected on the windows in the background are fake!
I am Italian… and speechless. I know he’s self-celebrative, not to such an extent though.
Yeah and the title of that book kinda irritates me. The meaning is “We love Silvio”– um, what? 4/5 of Italy hates you, and you’re still publishing books about how cool you are at age 73? With shopped pics? I lol’ed.
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