Photoshop Disaster – Kerry Washington for Essence Magazine March 2012
It took a matter of seconds for me to spot that something is horribly off with the March 2012 cover of Essence Magazine featuring actress Kerry Washington .
After some squinting and head-tilting, I shared the image on Facebook, just to make sure I wasn’t losing it, and friends confirmed that it was not my astigmatism OR mild psychosis.
Either something is missing from one breast— or a whole lot has been added to the other. You tell me.
While Photoshop can often work wonders, the hand responsible for this blunder seems to lack both understanding of shadow/light as well as the form of a woman’s body.
With that said, without the painfully apparent error, the cartoonish whitening and smoothing of the dress wouldn’t be as noticeable.
It’s so disappointing when a publication that you admire, subscribe to and respect doesn’t take the time to check the quality of its product.
This certainly isn’t the first time I’ve noticed Essence getting wild with the photo-retouching tools as the February 2012 issue, graced by basketball player Dwayne Wade and actress Gabrielle Union , also made my blood boil.
And this isn’t a new thing either, e.g: the poorly piecemealed November 2009 cover with Nia Long was by far one of its worst.
Who in the hell is approving this mess and how long are magazines going to continue this bad behaviour?
From VOGUE , to W Magazine , to Maxim and ELLE — all have been caught over the past several years placing body parts any ol’ where , making women of color look as European as possible (but you know, still “exotic”), and abusing Photoshop’s liquify tool to make already skinny women appear skinnier.
So disappointed in Essence for following suit.
