Mitt Romney Beaten Bloody

Here’s a magnificent, rejected Bloomberg Businessweek cover featuring Mitt “190-250 million-dollar-man” Romney looking beat, as in, pounded in the face until his nose is as askew as his sense of reality. Get closer to admire the craftsmanship of this Photoshoppery. It isn’t your pedestrian simulated diabetes chop job or the New York Magazine’s ultimately silly attempt at the same pun. Oh no. Clearly, the man deserves special treatment, with detailed, dripping lacerations, bruised brows, and a blood smeared “meh” frown rendered under the direction of Richard Turley. What happened? Did he get in some fistycuffs with Obama the Incredible Hulk? (Click to enlarge)

AP Fires Photographer for Photoshop Fail

The Associate Press recently fired freelance photographer Miguel Tovar for Photoshoping this snap of kids playing soccer in Argentina. That suspiciously solid ground cloud that looks like the Smoke Monster? It’s cloned dust, covering up the photographer’s shadow. Read more »

It Takes A lot (of Photoshop) to be A Playboy Centerfold

The feministas over at Jezebel uncovered a treasure trove of Playboy stuff being auctioned at Christie’s, including some decades old issues “marked up by editors and the art department.” The copies offer a revealing look into the world of (early) Photoshop retouching that made editorials like this and later ones featuring Kim Kardashian possible. See the whole NSFW collection of manipulated beauties here.

Photoshop Master Peddles Architectural Dreams

Prowling around in the night, photographer James Bleecker gets paid the big bucks by architectural and interior design firms for creating meticulous photographs using long exposures, “[flood]light painting” and hours of Photoshop enhancements. Read more »