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Magazine Covers

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
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A “Picture Perfect” slideshow…

May 9, 2009

AOL News has a slideshow of 14 recent magazine covers along with commentary about the Shopping that was done to them (some by the Shopped subjects themselves) called Picture Perfect. An excerpt from the commentary on Jenny McCarthy’s Shape cover…
Jenny McCarthy admitted to the Daily Express that her hot Shape cover shot was not real. [...]

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Washingtonian magazine: Reason #2(a) Our New Neighbor Is Shopped

May 1, 2009

It seems Washingtonian magazine decided to try and offset all those high crime statistics by giving people reasons to love living in Washington DC for a change. And what better way than to bring them a bit of The Sexy? A shirtless, bronzed Barack Obama graces the cover with the headline “Reason #2 Our New [...]

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French Elle: The Anti-Shoppers…

April 15, 2009

Holy crap! The April issue of French Elle decided to show female celebrities on their cover in a natural state without Shopping them…

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I am literally at a loss for words. Oh wait, I can think of at least one: BRAVO!
Related articles…
French Elle goes nude for cover [Elle [...]

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The September Issue

January 29, 2009

There was a documentary screened at the Sundance Film Festival this year called The September Issue
, in which filmmaker R.J. Cutler showed what the folks at Vogue went through in putting together its September 2007 issue (pictured at right).
The film is primarily focused on the personal and professional life of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and features a [...]

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