How Far Does The Photoshop Hole Go?

How Far Does The Photoshop Hole Go?

Media should not digitally manipulate or alter magazine covers or photographs, especially when the person is very famous and very well known to the public, because it may create a misunderstanding to the public, readers may have negative thoughts concerning the particular person if the magazine provide the wrong information to the public. 

Manipulating celebrity photos for advertising purposes will also shows disrespect to the person, furthermore the person can sue the magazine for copyrights, magazines should seek the permission of the celebrities to see whether they can digitally manipulate their photo for advertising use or not.

For example, in the article "Fan Art or False advertising," Kate Middleton’s photo has been digitally manipulate and it was shown in the cover of Marie Claire. 

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/fan-art-false-advertising-marie-claires-fake-kate-180400016.html

Another is the New Republic magazine who edited the smile of Kate Middleton and made her teeth look rotten. 

http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/kate-middleton-pictured-rotten-teeth-outraged-reaction-164700255.html

These pictures will result in a  negative impact towards the royal family as much as it would affect readers themselves. It may leave a bad impression to the public and readers as Kate Middleton has rejected posing for the cover of the magazine and yet the magazine still got her photo and even went as far as putting it on their cover.

You can see how some readers might misunderstand the Duchess and think negatively of her. 

The magazine might get sued by the Duchess as the magazine did not get her permission to alter her photo. All this will also create a very bad image for the Duchess especially when the New Republic magazine published all the altered photos of the fake teeth. 

The magazines can digitally manipulate and alter celebrities photo only when they have the permission to do so from the celebrities, if the celebrities do not have problem with it then only they are permitted to do so. Another situation is when the celebrities are supposed to do a pose for the magazines but he/she might be busy so the magazines are allowed to rip and paste a replacement photo.

From the article, 'Fan Art or False Advertising', I think it is a false advertising, as it shows no respect to the celebrities and also to the public, the magazine should seek the permission of the celebrities whether they can digitally alter the photo or not, if they don't do so they might land in serious trouble especially when they mess with the Duchess of Cambridge!