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Obama v BP and Economist v NYT…

July 8, 2010

Above Left: Cover of The Economist; Right: Original, unedited Reuters photo.
The Economist is under fire by the New York Times for editing a photo for their recent cover. To their credit, The Economist fully admitted to editing the photo and here’s what they had to say about it…
I was editing the paper the week we [...]

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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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Creating new realities with Photoshop…

August 16, 2008

When regular people Shop – After her divorce, Laura Horn, second from right, decided to have her ex-husband (guess who?) removed from the picture with Photoshop.
Photo © Laura Horn/NY Times
Today the New York Times has a piece by Alex Williams titled I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop. It is all about regular people who choose [...]

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