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manipulation nation

PhotoShop Of Horrors A reader points us to this picture from PhotoShop Disasters. It's a shot of two magazines, side by side, each featuring Lily Allen on the cover. Each magazine manipulated the same photograph of Lily. We found the original image. Is she actually wearing a yellow dress? Or black dress? Is her lipstick pink? Or red? And did both magazines make her face longer and less round??? Click to see the magazine covers larger, as well as the original, untouched image. [PhotoShop Disasters]

manipulation nation

The Truth About Images That Lie

Susannah Frankel writes in today's Independent: "The adage that 'the camera never lies' is as unreliable now as it ever was." Sure, there's PhotoShop and other means of digital manipulation, but even unretouched pictures often do not tell the complete story. Nick Knight is responsible for dozens of global advertising campaigns and fashion editorials. "People say I'm a photographer, but that doesn't sound correct to me any more," he says. "Manipulation is a slightly charged word, though, because it implies deceit. A skilled photographer totally manipulates the reality they have around them." Frankel points out that even Marilyn Monroe was airbrushed. So since when have we ever believed what we see? More »