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What if Venus had "modeled" for Victoria's Secret instead of Botticelli? Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano took a Photoshop scalpel to 12 famous nude Venuses to see what art history class would've been like "if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past." As a result, rounded bellies become concave, modest bosoms are augmented, and thighs are minimized. More »
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Catalog nerds like me and Dodai will be excited to learn that L.L. Bean is marking its 100th anniversary by recreating four of its iconic old illustrated catalog covers with modern photography. And the judicious application of Photoshop filters. There's a video that shows how it was done for the first new/old cover. Watch those colors pop: More »
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It's every betrothed person's worst nightmare: a parent falls sick right before the Big Day, and can't be there to see the wedding. But rather than settle for a lifetime of wedding memories stamped with the conspicuous absence of Dad, one intrepid sister of the groom took it upon herself and her photoshopping skills to insert the missing dad into pictures of the festivities. The results are both hilarious and touching. More »
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This parody ad for "Fotoshop" cosmetics comes to us from filmmaker Jesse Rosten. Rosten says, "I was watching TV one sleepless night and stumbled upon an infomercial for some beauty product. The commercial showed before and after portraits, that to my eye, looked like the same photo just photoshopped. I laughed to myself. Then I made this video." The commercial isn't real, he points out, "and neither are society's standards of beauty." You should probably watch the video — there's like a Photoshop of Horrors greatest-hits in the middle — before the Adobe company's lawyers send the inevitable cease-and-desist. More »
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Recently, CoverGirl cosmetics ran an ad for mascara that featured pictorial proof that their mascara was capable of transforming women's eyelashes from anemic to voluptuous. Except the pictorial proof of the makeup's effectiveness was actually just a photoshopped image that sort of represented what the company wanted you to think the makeup could do. CoverGirl willingly pulled the ad after deeming it misleading, and an industry watchdog group applauded the move. Could this be the beginning of the end for hyper airbrushed makeup ads? More »
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Friends, this is Ms. Candice Swanepoel, dressed as a Victoria's Secret Angel. She is reclining. And it seems the company has provided her with an extra leg-type thing to lie down on. That can't possibly be her knee, can it? Let's take a closer look. More »
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At this point, we know that most, if not all, of the commercial, non-news images we see are digitally enhanced. Still, studies show that women — of all sizes — feel bad and/or think negative thoughts about their bodies after viewing pictures of models in magazine ads for just three minutes. And many magazine readers are not yet women; they are girls, with still-developing physiques, self-esteem and brains. Yet extensive Photoshopping persists. But what if you could measure just how much a photograph had been altered? Would it help in countering the effect of these misleading images? We may find out: A proposal for a program is in the works. More »
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Finally, we've found a magazine that doesn't lie to its readers with its cover lines. Yes, Amber Heard's torso looks strangely whittled on the cover of Women's Health, but the editors clearly labeled the image "Sculpt Sexy Curves." As in, you can't achieve this look from this month's silly diet and exercise tips, you'll need to digitally sculpt this silhouette in Photoshop. More »
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Photoshop Disasters spotted a surprisingly macabre scene in Russian Vogue. It seems a tiger got loose during the photo shoot and took a bite out of Adam Levine's side. Deciding it was no time to play hero, he took shelter behind this poor model, planning to make a speedy getaway while the beast feasted on her leg. Click to enlarge, if your boss won't freak about seeing butt cheeks on your screen. More »
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When it comes to regulating the digital manipulation of photographs, we've heard from the French Parliament and British lawmakers. Now there's a push for anti-Photoshop laws in the United States. More »
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Replaceface is a project by UK-based artist Steve Payne in which he photoshops current faces from our time onto the bodies of Russian war generals in the 1800s. The bodies come from paintings of George Dawe in 1812, the subjects of which successfully fought Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812. More »
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Apparently Annie Leibovitz was so angry that she's been reduced to photographing the Kardashian Kollection for Sears campaign that she went on a vengeful, Photoshopping rampage once the shoot was over. Either that, or Khloe downed some of the same Alice in Wonderland potion she had before posing for the ladies' swimwear line to make her 5'10" frame look smaller than her sisters', who are 5'2" and 5'3". More »
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We've discovered "what your va-jay-jay is dying to tell you": Don't pose for the cover of Cosmo unless you want to have your arms lopped off and reattached at an awkward angle. The mag did thoughtfully draw Dianna Agron a new, curvier silhouette — even though there's nothing wrong with her actual torso. More »
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Vogue's photos of Kate Moss's wedding are the centerpiece of the magazine's all-important September issue — but someone got a little over-zealous with the post-production manipulations. In Mario Testino's studio portrait of Moss and her daughter Lila Grace, several of the 8-year-old's fingers have been erased. More »
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British glossy Grazia swore that it didn't put Kate Middleton on a Photoshop diet for its Royal Wedding cover, despite unmistakable visual evidence to the contrary. Now the magazine has been forced to explain — unsatisfactorily — in an editor's note compelled by the UK's Press Commission. More »
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This looks like some weird art project about digital media and the compartmentalization/commodification of the body. The Photoshopping is so bad it looks like it should be purposefully bad, you know? Like 'Oh, I just made the shadows crazy-dark and actually cut around the hair with scissors when I was drunk because, like, I thought it would be funny.' Except it's an actual photo from H&M's website, and H&M published it there apparently in the hope it might inspire you to buy the clothing depicted. More »
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Today we're tipping our hat to Macy's for reminding us of that scary children's story about the girl whose head was held on with a green ribbon. Here we have a model whose head is attached to her body with nothing but a jaunty mismatched scarf! Even if she had her original head, the sight of her flailing her wristless arms would haunt our nightmares. More »
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The American Medical Association has come forth with a policy against advertisers altering images of bodies, "especially among impressionable children and adolescents." Great, but we'd add magazines to that policy. More »
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We got a peek at the July cover of W on Tuesday, but now that we can see the photograph of Christina Aguilera — shot by Daniele Duella & Iango Henzi — more clearly, we must ask: What the fuck? More »
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We've seen elaborately choreographed Chinese wedding photos, and the magic of Photoshop brought to bear on the creation of so-called "tiny bride" pictures, but never before have we seen anything as wildly creative and completely fucking nuts as these Russian wedding photo-illustrations. It's like the Yvette's Bridal Formal website held a wedding in Moscow, and invited the Ralph Lauren photoshop team to take the pictures. More »
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Di Tzeitung, the Hasidic newspaper that Photoshopically removed Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomason from the famous situation room photo, has explained its actions as follows: More »
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In a recent email, Victoria's Secret unveiled an amazing innovation in bikinis. Now instead of trying to push your breasts up, you can cover them up with a cleavage illustration. The printed fabric gives you the illusion of a perfectly spherical bosom while simultaneously protecting your chest from harmful UV exposure. More »
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British glossy Grazia has issued a statement contradicting our post yesterday. We pointed out the shrinking job that had been done on Kate Middleton's waist on their Royal Wedding cover. They say in part, More »
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Evidently, the British edition of Grazia, a popular glossy weekly, was unsatisfied with Kate Middleton's alleged brideorexia. While their graphic designers were cutting out a bridal shot to put against a Union Jack, they took the liberty of slicing at the princess's already-narrow waist. More »
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The new ad for Make Up Forever's High Defnition Foundation gloats, "You're looking at the first unretouched make up ad." The first? Ever? Really? Yes, really: Check out the model's arm, with its life-like color tones and actual elbow wrinkle. And! The fine print claims that the ad was certified by a notary public! Although, as Beauty High points out: More »
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Either this woman has freakishly wide-set hips or the retoucher went a little overboard on whittling this model's thighs down to veritable toothpicks. Knowing what we do about anatomy, we're willing to bet it's the latter. (Click image to enlarge.) [Victoria's Secret via Photoshop Disasters] More »
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A tipster sent us this example of sloppy, sloppy Photoshop, courtesy of American Apparel. The Cotton Spandex Two-Tone Fitted Mini Dress is modeled by a few different women, one of whom — wearing the sunshine/silver color combination — has been awkwardly altered in Photoshop. More »
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You are not the only one whose skin isn't always perfect. But you could get that feeling from looking at the magically pore and blemish-free images we're bombarded with on billboards and in magazines. One photographer inadvertently let us in on the process. Watch the miraculous transformation in our video. More »
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It appears Ukrainian model/actress Olga Kurylenko has been altered via Photoshop, and we're not just referring to her perfectly arrayed and unnaturally shiny hair. Kurylenko's beautiful mane already makes her stand out in a crowd, but thanks to her new freaky giraffe neck all eyes will definitely be on her. More »
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As seen on page 8 of the new issue of Life & Style, Freida Pinto is a ghost! Or Helena Bonham Carter's elbow is a deadly weapon. Or someone made a grave Photoshop/production error. Previously, sister publication In Touch amputated the arm of Heidi Klum's daughter. That was also sad. But honestly, we would not be surprised if HBC admitted she could reach into a man's chest and pull out his heart while it was still beating. She moves in mysterious ways. More »
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It's great that Victoria's Secret is finally diversifying its models by including amputees and all, but I'm pretty sure Marisa Miller has two arms and a ribcage that looks just fine sans digital whittling. More »
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So often, we see celebrities and models digitally slimmed for ad campaigns. But in Audrina's Bongo ads, it appears as though her slim physique was made slightly softer and less bony. A woman just can't "win." More »
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Something's off about Just Go With It's poster, and it isn't just that Jennifer Aniston's miscast. While it's possible that she picked off the polish on her left thumb before the photoshoot, that doesn't explain why her fingers don't match. More »
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It's for Mob Candy, America's favorite monthly Bible-digest about "Mafia politics, pleasures, and power." Is it just me, or did the art director completely overdo it with the Photoshop? Her face looks waxen from here. (via Celebrity Magnet.) More »
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Note to the alien who designed the cover of Nora Roberts' Happily Ever After: Good effort, but humans have this thing called a palm. The fingers attach to to it, and the thumb doesn't go on the bottom! More »
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Maxim cover models aren't known for their modesty, but it seems Olivia Munn has gone too far with a pair of see-through underwear on the February cover. Luckily, Fox News is here to wail, "Won't someone think of the children?" More »
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We're working on Midweek Madness, but saw this and had to share: The folks from In Touch have turned poor Leni Klum into an amputee. Additional, closer image after the jump. More »
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Q: What would be your dream role? A: "I'd like to play someone in a Tim Burton movie, where I get dressed up and painted and crazy." More »
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There were literally dozens of oddly digitally altered models and celebrities this year, with a swipe of the mouse resulting in wonky elbows, whittled waists, new hands and unnaturally lightened skin. Here we have the very worst. More »
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