"Photoshop the Change You Want to See in the World"

A funny line from an interesting story about a photoshopped photograph in GQ, "more a cheapfake than a deepfake."

From Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed):

Last week, men's lifestyle magazine GQ published this photo of Silicon Valley executives including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Dropbox CEO Drew Houston from their pilgrimage to a small village in Italy to visit Brunello Cucinelli, a luxury designer famous for his $1,000 sweatpants.

But if you think something looks a little off in this photo, you're right: A BuzzFeed News "investigation" reveals that two women CEOs, Lynn Jurich and Ruzwana Bashir, were photoshopped into what was originally a photo featuring 15 men.

Obviously not a big deal by itself, but a reminder not to believe everything we're shown, whether it's in GQ, on CBS, in a documentary, or shared by your Facebook friends.

Thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer.

Comments

[Eddy]

"not a big deal by itself"

Maybe from the philosophical, in-100-years-this-won't-matter sense, but from the standpoint of how the media generally evaluates these things, a faked photo seems like a big deal.

[Eddy]

"UPDATE (6/12/19): An image provided by a Brunello Cucinelli representative that did not meet GQ’s editorial standards was removed from this story."

[Eddy]

"Thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer."

The link goes to the Couric court decision.

[Eugene Volokh]

Whoops, fixed, thanks!

[Eddy]

If you can photoshop women *into* pictures, you can photoshop them *out.*

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/10/jewish-paper-apologises-hillary-clinton

[Marcus Aurelius]

Most of them just want to Photoshop out 10-20 lbs.

[bernard11]

a luxury designer famous for his $1,000 sweatpants.

This guy Cucinelli is running a terrific con, and it's not even illegal. Amazing.

[santamonica811]

Anyone have a link to the offending photo?

[Eugene Volokh]

Sorry -- I thought I had linked to the BuzzFeed piece (which shows both photos) in my post, but I guess I must not have; just added the link.

[MatthewSlyfield]

"a luxury designer famous for his $1,000 sweatpants."

Would the two female CEOs have a claim for defamation on the basis of GQ suggesting that they would have some interest in this guy?

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[vek]

I clicked on the article... That man looks like a fashion victim, and apparently has succeeded solely on the basis of convincing people to overpay for crap. I hate that kind of shit.

It mentioned $4,000 blazers in the article. WTF. There are legit reasons why a $1,000, or even $2,000 full suit might be reasonable... Quality cloth, quality tailoring, etc. But when you get that out there it is all hype.

It's like how a $200 pair of Redwing boots is literally as well made as anything anybody can ever hope for just about... But there are toolish brands that charge $1,000 or multiple thousands of dollars for boots that aren't half as well made. I just can't stand that shit. Paying for true quality is often worthwhile, I do it for many products I buy... Paying for BS hype is just dumb.

[David Klayer]

If photoshop can help me change the world, I will turn this world into a pixel art world, like the pixel art images at Pixelart123.