From one of my recent posts I talked about Vanity Fair magazine’s recent covers (20 different covers to be exact) that are touted by the editors as “historic.” Yet only two of the Annie Leibovitz covers are real, the other 18 were Photoshopped in post production. After checking the actual magazines there is nothing that states the “historic” covers are actually illustrations. In fact, for the most part you are led to believe that these people actually came together in each scene. In the print version of the magazine the film markers are even showing, even further emphasizing that these are “real” images. Only the subjects of two covers, President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Alicia Keys and Iman, were photographed together.
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todd // September 2, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Hello, enjoyed reading through your blog. I found your site doing a search for ethics in the digital world for a digital journalism class. I also just started a podcast. I’m going to be asking others to make episodes for it. If you’re ever interested in recording and interview, audio journal, opinion piece for my site–let me know. best, todd
Artilleryman // June 19, 2008 at 9:11 am
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Artilleryman