Happy Friday. Over at Vogue magazine, it seems the retouching crew was a little remiss with Mario Testino’s shot of Kate Moss and her daughter Lila –seems they…er…left off a few of her daughters fingers. Or worse, that her daughters fingers actually fused into her mom’s back.
So, we all know Photoshop happens. They’re in there taking out zits and making people skinnier than they really are, and taking out wrinkles and on and on. Yes, yes, we all “know” this. But is “oops, I just left off a few body parts” excusable? I don’t know where I stand on this. It’s a beautiful shot, but the sophomoric blunder isn’t lost on me.
Do YOU even care, or is it just expected that there will be some mistakes and faux pas along the way, so we should just get on with it anyway….?
(faux pas via Jezebel)
I think we should get on with it.
You’re right the shot is beautiful. And honestly i probably wouldn’t have noticed the girl’s fingers unless you mentioned it.
If this was a cosmetics advert trying to sell me a cream that removed fingers, then I would complain, as its obviously fake. Otherwise, it was a mistake and i feel the image probably called for retouching in the first place, and if that helps finish the photograph off then its a job well done.
I know everyone makes mistakes but for a huge firm like Vogue, they should be on top of it. A mistake like this shouldnt have made it to the public so yes it does matter cos it came from a huge company like that. There is absolutely no excuse
Interesting. However because sometimes the position of the fingers can sometimes give perceptions, I always try to give little instructions when shooting to clear up these perceptions. This could be a photoshop blunder as stated, or perhaps the child had the last two fingers tucked/folded under. Of course I am viewing it from my iPhone so maybe you can see it better on a monitor or the actual magazine photo. To answer the question, ido think it matters and I’ll say ” tsk tsk ” if this is a blunder.
Inexcusable.
Okay, maybe I’m being really stupid here, but what exactly were they adjusting when they made that mistake? I’m assuming it was the positioning of her hands or the curve of her mother’s back…?