NY Times Magazine Withdraws Altered Photo Essay

An article that featured allegedly manipulated photographs has been pulled from the website. They were thought to be "real photographs", whatever that means.

What do you think? A big deal or are you used to assuming all photographs are altered?



http://www.galleryhopper.org/?p=1042

http://www.nytpick.com/2009/07/how-did-those-manipulated-photos-get.html

Ralph Lauren Photoshop Nightmare

Link to Ralph Lauren story

Other Photoshop Disasters

Edgar Martins Speaks

After his work was removed from the New York Times website Edgar Martins talked about his work on their "Lens" Blog.



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Photoshop Before Photoshop

Tall Tales





"At the beginning of the 20th century some clever photographers specialized in Photoshop before the term existed, faking postcards from mainly rural communities. Images of oversized vegetables, fruits and animals created a utopian myth about a town or region and served as a way of encouraging settlement and population growth. Some noteworthy collections of these so-called "Tall Tale Postcards" can be found here (Wisconsin Historical Society) and here (American Museum of Photography). " - Low Tech Magazine

Wisconsin Historical Society

American Museum of Photography

'Pixel-ated Art' made by Conventional Means

Close at work in his studio. He uses a photograph as reference for his photographs. He had a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 that left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors.


A close up of one of Close's portraits

Close creates large portraits in low-resolution grid squares. Viewed from afar, these squares appear as a single, unified image which attempt photo-reality, albeit in pixelated form.


This artist uses an 80s toy phenomenon to create a modern looking image. Using Rubik's cubes the artist known as "Mad Maxine" creates pixelated portraits.



Both artists above achieve a look similar to pixeli-zation or that of a pixelated digital image, much like Thomas Ruff's most recent work called JPEG.