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Introduction to our Renaissance Photoshop Project

by Katelin O'Hare and Karen Blumberg

What is Photo Manipulation?

Photo manipulation is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception (in contrast to mere enhancement or correction), through analog or digital means.

From DailyMail:The history of doctoring photographs dates back to the 1860s. Only a few decades after the first photograph in 1814, photographs were already being manipulated. The nearly iconic portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln’s head and the Southern politician John Calhoun’s body.

From Media Bistro:National Geographic was accused of altering a photograph so that the Egyptian pyramids were closer together and thus fit on the vertical cover. The editors were allegedly unapologetic about creating a more aesthetically pleasing cover. Rich Clarkson, director of photography at National Geographic during the time, said he had no ethical problem with combining two photographs into a single cover picture, although “some publications could start abusing.”

From Sree.net:Photographer Brian Walski used his computer to combine elements of the two photographs. The left side of the altered photo is taken from the top left photo, and the right side of the altered photo is from the top right one. Some residents on the left side of the blended photo are visible twice. The altered photo ran on the front page of the Los Angeles Times Monday.

From China Tibet News:Photographer Liu Weiqiang merged the images of antelope and a high-speed train after waiting for two weeks for the perfect photo with no success. Despite his earnestness, he was eventually blacklisted by several Chinese news outlets

Images by Seth Taras for History Channel 2010

Images by Seth Taras for History Channel 2010

Images by Seth Taras for History Channel 2010

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