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Manipulated Images

Kate Moss sharpened ...
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You can see from the background and edges of her shirt that this photo has been drastically sharpened to make her appear unattractive.

strphrd photos altered
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This is an annual event where people strip for charity that I company I previously worked for would host. The photos are pretty drastically altered from the orignals. One of the female designers actually refused to airbrush the women, so the founder had to do it. There was a lot of debate on these photos. A lot of us felt that shouldn't be altered, but some were concerned that the participants would be upset by less than perfect images of themselves on the site.

Mariah Carey: airbrushing live
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NBC article
This is a weird phenomenon - airbrushing people instead of images.

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