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more about #photoshop more comments → PhillyLass: 'Models of the Runway' could break my boring meter. What a snoozefest. more » DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A long time friend was a PR model a few seasons back, and has stated it may well have been the worst experience of her life. more » pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Oy vey. I want a detachable floating torso like Holly on the bottom left. more » CurtCole: I like the symmetrical I'm-a-little-tea-pot poses. more » GeorgeFayne: That Alexis woman is a dead ringer for Amber Valletta. more » kristenvsmothra: have you ever seen an episode of south park where they animate a celebrity but use a real photo of their head? check out that jennifer aniston cover ... more » gold_gato: the Ralph Lauren one makes me laugh every time because it is so, so, so ridiculous to turn a model into Gumby more » hfree: The t-shirt in the Jennifer Aniston Redbook cover looks like it came from clip art. I hate when they just change the color of tops without changing t... more » lavenderstain: "It is meant to make women inspire to look their best" If best is photoshopped arms and legs, then I beg you SELF, do tell me where to buy a photosho... more » berlitzfrench: Photoshop, Photoshop of horrors. Photoshop, Photoshop of terror. Call a cop. Photoshop of horrors. No, oh, oh, no-oh! Photoshop, Photoshop of horrors... more » highjump: The Beyonce cover shocks me becaue Russia is a pretty racist country. If was walking around St. Petersburg with other American students who happened ... more » beth.hammarlund: There's a fine line with retouching. I work on a lot of photoshoots, and when it comes to the finished product, if a hair is out of place or our model... more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I'm sorry, I'm too busy laughing at the headline on Kelly Clarkson's Self cover: "Sexier Sex Tonight!" What makes sex sexier? More sex! And Photosh... more » pearlsdream: *note: After that King Arthur poster and another chest enhancing (Chanel) ad, Keira Knightley was upset and refused any cleavage alterations or body ... more » KaneBaker: Nothing disturbs me like the Ralph Lauren image, I thought it was a sick joke some kid did. And I do this for a living. My instructions tend to arrive... more » -
#greatestshowonearth
New Project Runway Models Revealed In Photoshopped Pic
We've taken a look at the Project Runway Season 7 designers, but who will wear their hastily assembled garments? In this cobbled-together group photo OK! magazine introduces us to the new Models of the Runway. (Click image to enlarge.) -
#imageconscious
Photoshop Of Horrors Hall Of Shame, 2000-2009
Slimmed thighs, whittled waists, smoothed skin: Digitally altered women were de rigueur in the 00s. There were many, many Photoshop Of Horrors images to choose from, but these are the 15 most egregious examples of image retouching in this decade. More » -
#imageconscious
Meet Valérie Boyer: Photoshop Critic, Parliament Member, Mom
So you know how the French are contemplating legislation that would require Photoshopped images to carry a disclaimer? The New York Times spoke with Valérie Boyer, the French parliament member who proposed the law. Her angle is: She's a mom. More » -
#roguesgallery
Readers Go Vogue
We're loving CurtCole's homemade Going Vogue cover — sent to us with the filename "Sarah Pain." Anybody else want to put Photoshop to work in the service of unreal America? -
#maghag
Readers Not That Into Self's Pseudo-Kelly Clarkson
Self readers voted with their wallets on the notoriously Photoshopped Kelly Clarkson cover story: so far, it's the worst-selling issue of the year. Kelly's usually a crowd pleaser — so what changed? I have a theory.
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#photoshopofhorrors
More Experts Call For Disclaimers On Photoshopped Ads
A group of doctors and academics have submitted a report to the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority, saying retouched images make women and girls as young as five hate themselves. They want disclaimers on ads, but will that make a difference? More » -
#maghag
Victoria Beckham's Workout Sends A Message
Why did Victoria Beckham start working out seven days a week? For her heart? Her lungs? Her circulation? No: She did it for photoshoots. "I didn't want to rely on retouching," she tells Harper's Bazaar. And: More » -
#pictureperfect
Official First Family Portrait Released
Two things: 1. These people are ridiculously good-looking. 2. How happy are you that photographer Annie Leibovitz didn't turn the shot into a Photoshop of Horrors? [The Official White House Photostream] -
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#photoshopofhorrors
Yet Another Ralph Lauren Photoshop Of Horrors
Ralph Lauren may have apologized for Photoshopping model Filippa Hamilton into a stick figure earlier, but what about the image at left from a window display in Sydney, Australia? Didn't anyone notice she looks like a Bratz doll? [Photoshop Disasters] More » -
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Bend Me, Reshape Me
Did the model in this Gap ad get the Photoshop treatment or is she just disturbingly flexible (and possibly lacking a femur)? [Photoshop Disasters] -
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Quotes From The Players In The Great Photoshop Debate
As previously mentioned, lawmakers in France and Great Britain are pushing for disclaimers to be added to Photoshopped images. If you extract the quotes from the piece in today's New York Times, you get a sense of the conversation: More » -
#maghag
France Proposes "Health Warning" Label On Photoshopped Images
French politicians have proposed a law that would involve stamping a "health warning" on photographs of models that have been Photoshopped to be more appealing. Would that really solve anything? More » -
#maghag
Crap Email From A Ladymag
This pitch reads, "Dear Dodai, Want to lose 8 pounds this month? Have flat abs at last? …Let Self help!" Well, if they're using the technique they used on Kelly Clarkson, then I've got some Photoshop to look forward to! -
#photoshopofhorrors
Beyoncé's Skin Tone Is Never Good Enough
Last year, Beyoncé's skin looked mighty light in ads for L'Oreal Feria haircolor. Now, she seems darker on the cover of Russian Glamour. Is it not better to be lighter? [Photoshop Disasters] -
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"It's Such A Mass Industry. They Just Churn It Out. There's Not Much Personality In It Any More."
"You can't say, 'That's a Helmut Newton picture,' because you don't know who took the picture. 'Who did the retouching?' is the question you ask. It makes mediocrity look good." — David Bailey, VogueUK photographer for 50 years. [Guardian] -
#photoshopofhorrors
Mariah's New Fragrance Ad Stinks
While much of Mariah's body, in the ad for her new fragrance Forever, looks to have been reworked in Photoshop, the fact that her teeth have been swapped out for different ones is the most offensive detail of all. [MariahCarey] -
#photoshopofhorrors
Self Editor Says Photoshopped Covers Capture "Essence Of You At Your Best"
In appearances on the Today Show and Good Morning America, SELF editor Lucy Danziger revealed that she's totally unrepentant about Photoshopping her magazine's Kelly Clarkson cover, and about convincing readers that looking your "personal best" means looking like someone else.
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#photoshopofhorrors
Self Editors Explain Covers Aren't Supposed To Look Realistic
Two Self editors have announced their magazine was right to give Kelly Clarkson a slimmer body on their September issue, explaining that covers shouldn't reflect reality, but "inspire women to want to be their best". Unbelievable.
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#photoshopofhorrors
Kelly Clarkson Slimmed Down On Self Via Photoshop
Kelly Clarkson put on a little weight in the past year — but you wouldn't know it from the September cover of Self, which the editors admit was Photoshopped.
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