"Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need." – Will Rogers

Real Women Have Curves, Veins, a bit of Cellulite (but not Photoshop)

Posted: March 26th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: airbrushing, body, censorship, hidden propaganda, image manipulation, internet, media, print, skin | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

via Corriere della Sera

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(According to Corriere della Sera, the website complex.com mistakenly published an unretouched photo of Kim Kardashian on its site. And consequently corrected the error.)

Kim Kardashian quickly responded on her site:

So what: I have a little cellulite. What curvy girl doesn’t!?

How many people do you think are photoshopped? It happens all the time!

At the same time as this Complex shoot, I was gearing up for my fitness DVD and you should see my thighs now!!! Haha!

This all motivates me to stay in the gym because my goal this year has been to get in better shape and tone up! Hard work pays off!

I’m proud of my body and my curves and this picture coming out is probably helpful for everyone to see that just because I am on the cover of a magazine doesn’t mean I’m perfect.

You can check out more behind-the-scenes pics from the shoot right here. And they’re not retouched!

Ms. Kardashian’s full post is here.


Adbusting in Berlin, Photoshop Edition

Posted: January 16th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: airbrushing, billboards, body, health, hidden propaganda, image manipulation, self-image | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Messing with ads in subways is becoming an artform, but this “Photoshopping” of ads in Berlin takes things to the next level by creating a Photoshop interface with stickers. This is pitch-perfect adbusting right here.

via Gizmodo.

Check out the rest of the gallery on Flickr.


And the Award for Most Deceptive Magazine Cover Goes To…

Posted: January 8th, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: airbrushing, body, censorship, corporate hypocrisy, dieting, health, hidden propaganda, image manipulation, media, print, self-image, women's magazines | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Life & Style Magazine!

Take a look:

“Jessica Alba lost 40 lbs. in three months.”

Compare the photo above with the one below:

They used the retouched photo!!!

via Jezebel.