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9th May 2011, 01:34 PM
We've had a lot of fun with Photoshop since the White House first uploaded the "Situation Room" image to its Flickr account on May 2, complete with this disclaimer: "The Photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."
Yeah, good luck with that White House.
By May 4, the now-iconic image showing President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team gathered inside the White House Situation Room as they received updates on the mission against bin Laden, was closing in on the most viewed photo on Flickr. It was also the victim of all manner of manipulation — a game controller in the hands of the president, Princess Beatrice's Cthulhu hat on the head of everyone in the room, The Situation of "Jersey Shore" fame (shirtless, natch) — if it was ridiculous, someone 'shopped it.
via Jezebel
The most notorious, and arguably most amateur Situation Room Photoshop however, came from Orthodox Hasidic Jewish newspaper, Der Tzitung, in which Hillary Clinton is completely removed from the photo. Unlike the memes making the rounds, this 'shop wasn't done for lulz. The newspaper wasn't looking to visually change history either — just maintain its own. The highly religious newspaper never publishes pictures of women on account of it could be "sexually suggestive."
The Secretary of State wasn't the only temptress taken out of the photo. Counterterrorism analyst Audrey Thomason, seen standing way way in the back, was also obliterated from the photo.
Note: Not all Jews in journalism are cool with this fauxtograph, including the one writing this post. Seriously. My Bubbe could do a better Photoshop, and she's been dead for like, 20 years.
Jewish Week's Rabbi Jason is somewhat more articulate on the subject:
via Know Your Meme
Why remove someone from a historic photo when you can add everyone. Ever.
Der Tzitung edited Hillary Clinton out of the photo, thereby changing history. To my mind, this act of censorship is actually a violation of the Jewish legal principle of g'neivat da'at (deceit).
"Apparently, the concern was that this could lead to mixed dancing in the White House situation room," quipped Adam Dickter, also of Jewish Week. Then he said some really smart stuff:
If they think their readers can’t handle the image of powerful women, haredi or chasidic papers like Der Tzitung would do well to leave out future photos of mixed-sex gatherings instead of doctoring them again. Apart from being intellectually dishonest, it presents religious Judaism as ridiculous in the eyes of the world, a transgression far worse than casting eyes on a woman who has earned a position of authority.
Every other second in this country, a women is the victim of hideous Photoshopping. From a freakishly wasp-waisted Demi Moore to the bisected body of Christina Hendricks, the assault on our eyesight is never ending. At the very least, allow women their rightful place in history.
via Jezebel
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/09/6612294-hillary-clinton-too-sexy-for-situation-room?GT1=43001
Yeah, good luck with that White House.
By May 4, the now-iconic image showing President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team gathered inside the White House Situation Room as they received updates on the mission against bin Laden, was closing in on the most viewed photo on Flickr. It was also the victim of all manner of manipulation — a game controller in the hands of the president, Princess Beatrice's Cthulhu hat on the head of everyone in the room, The Situation of "Jersey Shore" fame (shirtless, natch) — if it was ridiculous, someone 'shopped it.
via Jezebel
The most notorious, and arguably most amateur Situation Room Photoshop however, came from Orthodox Hasidic Jewish newspaper, Der Tzitung, in which Hillary Clinton is completely removed from the photo. Unlike the memes making the rounds, this 'shop wasn't done for lulz. The newspaper wasn't looking to visually change history either — just maintain its own. The highly religious newspaper never publishes pictures of women on account of it could be "sexually suggestive."
The Secretary of State wasn't the only temptress taken out of the photo. Counterterrorism analyst Audrey Thomason, seen standing way way in the back, was also obliterated from the photo.
Note: Not all Jews in journalism are cool with this fauxtograph, including the one writing this post. Seriously. My Bubbe could do a better Photoshop, and she's been dead for like, 20 years.
Jewish Week's Rabbi Jason is somewhat more articulate on the subject:
via Know Your Meme
Why remove someone from a historic photo when you can add everyone. Ever.
Der Tzitung edited Hillary Clinton out of the photo, thereby changing history. To my mind, this act of censorship is actually a violation of the Jewish legal principle of g'neivat da'at (deceit).
"Apparently, the concern was that this could lead to mixed dancing in the White House situation room," quipped Adam Dickter, also of Jewish Week. Then he said some really smart stuff:
If they think their readers can’t handle the image of powerful women, haredi or chasidic papers like Der Tzitung would do well to leave out future photos of mixed-sex gatherings instead of doctoring them again. Apart from being intellectually dishonest, it presents religious Judaism as ridiculous in the eyes of the world, a transgression far worse than casting eyes on a woman who has earned a position of authority.
Every other second in this country, a women is the victim of hideous Photoshopping. From a freakishly wasp-waisted Demi Moore to the bisected body of Christina Hendricks, the assault on our eyesight is never ending. At the very least, allow women their rightful place in history.
via Jezebel
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/09/6612294-hillary-clinton-too-sexy-for-situation-room?GT1=43001