DOCTORED IMAGES are everywhere we look; magazines, billboards, television and the internet.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a little bit of digital nip-and-tuck is a modern affliction – but for as long as there’s been cameras, there’s been someone who feels a more flattering representation of them is possible.
(Likewise, there’s always been someone who feels a less flattering representation of someone else is possible…)
Here are one or two of our favourites – from the 19th century to the present day – courtesy of Dartmouth Professor of Computer Science, Hany Farid.
See Farid’s collection here.
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