Jessica Biel in the Photoshop of Horrors

(Image from August’s Galmour UK via Huffpost)

Photoshop is my arch nemesis. I spent hours explaining to my former designers why they weren’t allowed to use it to design anything, and why it should only be used for photo editing. (For which it is very helpful, I admit.)

I frequently relish in the overuse of said photo editing software, often at the expense of a model or actress who didn’t really need it to begin with.

Like poor Jessica Biel here. She’s skinny, adorable, tall. Why did anyone feel the need to blur her tummy, boobs & upper back area? It’s amazing to me that photographers/editors still try to get away with this stuff. Especially a woman’s magazine. Shame, shame.

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