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Before There Was Photoshop

If you believe, they put a man on the moon…

August 28, 2008

Some of the most hotly contested historic photos ever are from the 1967 Apollo 1 mission to the moon. There are many conspiracy theories out there as to whether Buzz Aldren’s one small step for man was taken on the moon or on an elaborately staged setting here on Earth. The conspiracy theorists claim as their proof everything from inconsistent [...]

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Next up on Oprah: How to eat all you want, never exercise and still have Elvis lust after you!

August 24, 2008

Here’s a classic from the Shop Vault – the August 26, 1989 cover of TV Guide. The head belongs to Oprah, but the body was from a 1978 publicity still of Ann-Margret from Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall. Although it is believed by many that this is simply a composite photo [...]

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When Dictators Shop Pt. II

August 16, 2008

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Above: Benito Mussolini wanted to give the appearance that he was an imposing, heroic leader, but you can’t do that very well with someone holding your horse. Therefore, he had one horse handler turned into a tree (original image, left) and the one holding the horse removed completely (original [...]

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Photography as a Weapon

August 12, 2008

An entry in the Iran: You Suck at Photoshop contest on Boing Boing. Image by What to do.
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris has just written a real meaty essay for the New York Times titled: Photography as a Weapon. In it he discusses and debates his views on the recent Iran missle fake photo and other misleading historic [...]

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Abraham Lincoln portrait – a Shop or a political bitch slap?

August 7, 2008

What do you get when you take a portrait of Southern politician John Calhoun (left), and add it to Mathew Brady’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln? Well, you get Lincoln’s standing portrait (right) – probably one of the earliest known composite images in American history. This is not a simple cut & paste job – as [...]

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