Professional Photo Retoucher Reveals Secrets…
October 17, 2006 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Media, Technology, Your Body, Your Mind

Kerry, over at The Consumerist says:
A photo retouching studio did a wonderful service to the universe by posting the untouched and retouched versions of fashion and celebrity photos on their website:
http://www.fluideffect.com/
1 Click Portfolio
2 Click Agree
3 Then Before and AfterYou will then see a pic, HOLD DOWN THE WORD “BEFORE” to see what the models really looked like.
What an eye-opener! This is an awesome example of the power of computers as well as the fakeness of the “role-models” we’re all visually assaulted with everyday. This can’t be a healthy way to perceive what most of end up considering our peers whether we like it or not.
[tags] photoshop, fake, touch-up, celebrity [/tags]

















Oh man, Wade. That is so great, awesome and disgusting all at the same time.
Yeah, I really appreciate the skill, but it’s kind of scary. Maybe it’s our own fault for putting so much stock in the way someone looks.