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)
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http://www.photoshopdisasters.com/
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Maybe they did it just to see if anyone noticed. -)
Hahaha as a retoucher who has worked on vogue covers, here is my take…
The photographer and editor have requested a new arm or hand or something dropped on, plus cleanup and balancing. They have then said that the deadline is in two hours but have only agreed to pay one hour of retouching. The retoucher does not work for free and as such has to pack two hours work into one hour of retouching. If you were driving on a freeway and had to double your speed, how long do you think before you would make a mistake.
The real source of the problem is vogue being a tightarse. If the retoucher had an extra half hour, the mistake would not have slipped through
Personally, I couldn’t care less. But professionally, as Vogue Magazine, they should be on top of this shit. It’s just sloppy work. I wouldn’t even deliver a photo to my portrait clients like.
I agree with Amber. Vogue is not a high school newspaper.