Comments on: 'Shoop before 'shoop

By: schrutzki

schrutzki — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:56:00 +0000

Just take a look at Willy Brandt and Egon Bahr (that’s the chap right behind Brandt, state secretary then, if I remember correctly), they’re looking into the camera in the the upper photo, not in the lower one. Also, the upper photo was taken from a much higher point, the angle is completely different. No manipulation here, just two shots whith a bit of cleaning up in between.
Also, the caption ist wrong in at least one point: The upper photo surely has not been taken from German press, but Russian: The print is in Cyrillic.

By: Manntis

Manntis — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:07:00 +0000

The 14th on that site surely looks like a different photo of the same event. Way too many things that weren’t worth editing are different. Such as the cufflink to jacket ratio.

By: Sid Dobrin

Sid Dobrin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:54:00 +0000

Hany Farid at Dartmouth has been doing this kind of work and gathering examples of this for quite a while. His web page For and Six (from where the Daily news took these pics) has a much more elaborate collection than does the Daily News: http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history/
Farid is probably the foremost expert in the world on these kinds of manipulations.

By: Pedantic Douchebag

Pedantic Douchebag — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:38:00 +0000

They’re very good! But consider branching out, perhaps to Monie Love, Queen Latifah, and MC Lyte.

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:32:00 +0000

This speaks as much to the history of propaganda as making simple copies. Creating propaganda must be the second oldest profession or at least in the top 10. It would be fascinating to see how the Romans used it or the English when they invaded France, etc.

By: elchip

elchip — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:06:00 +0000

I always want to listen to Salt-N-Pepa.

By: PhosPhorious

PhosPhorious — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:10:00 +0000

You win the internet.

By: GIFtheory

GIFtheory — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:08:00 +0000

‘shopped. I can tell by the silver halide crystals.

By: Pedantic Douchebag

Pedantic Douchebag — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Every time I see “shoop”, it makes me wanna listen to Salt-N-Pepa.

By: Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:55:00 +0000

I’ll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i8cqtv6a2uU

By: bumblebeeeeeee

bumblebeeeeeee — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Photoshop was developed from darkroom techniques. The earlier versions (6 and earlier) there was direct links. As the tools have developed, it’s gone way beyond that.