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New York Times Magazine admits to running altered photo essay…

July 8, 2009

Above: The breakdown of one of Edgar Martins’ images which ran in a recent edition of New York Times Magazine. The breakdown of this image – as well as many others from the essay – can be found on Photo District News.
Photo District News called out New York Times Magazine for a photo essay in [...]

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Need supporters for your political rally? Shop them!

June 17, 2009

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Above: Shopped image of a pro Ahmadinejad rally which was printed in Iranian newspaper Kayhan (which – shocker – is controlled by the Iranian government). [source]
Just under a year ago Iran made the news with their cloned rockets, and now they are making news again with their cloned Ahmadinejad supporters (above). [Note [...]

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Smile and Say ‘No Photoshop’

May 28, 2009

There’s a great article by Eric Wilson in yesterday’s New York Times about the levels of photo retouching that goes on in today’s fashion magazines…

WHAT’S NEW? Images of Reese Witherspoon show how a celebrity’s appearance can change radically from cover to cover.
Smile and Say ‘No Photoshop’
By ERIC WILSON
Published on NYTimes.com: May 27, 2009
MOST readers [...]

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Shopping Silvio…

May 8, 2009

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An eagle eye TLS reader from Italy sent in the above gem. It seems that the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi (above, far left), is getting some media flack (and flack at home – his wife is threatening divorce) over some photos of him at a party that [...]

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Yated Neeman won’t violate laws of modesty, instead violate laws of reality

April 6, 2009

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper Yated Neeman did some handy Photoshop work on the above photo to make it suitable for publication – meaning they just removed the women. [BBC Story]
Thanks to Kyle for the heads up!

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