Julian Crowley
Artificially slimming down a model’s legs is nothing new, but this New Look ad took things a step too far. Not only are her legs toothpick-thin; one of them is also skinnier than the other. Either that, or her right leg has actually detached from her body. It almost looks like she’s melting away.
Fabio Apelbaum claims that photo editors fulfill a role that makes them the media equivalent of plastic surgeons, fixing defects and covering blemishes. And although his workplace has guidelines on how far photo manipulation should go, not all companies do. Some magazines even use Photoshop pasting to try and cut down on the costs of doing celebrity photoshoots.
