Magazine Editors "Consider" Discussing Airbrushing Guidelines
As previously reported, there's talk of banning magazines in the
UK from digital photo enhancement. Meanwhile, The American
Society of Magazine Editors is considering a "panel discussion"
about retouching guidelines, reports Folio. Cindi Leive, ASME
president and editor in chief of Glamour, says there will not be
a ban. "Given the ubiquity of retouching technology these
days—think of brides and their wedding photos—it seems
unrealistic to forbid all digital manipulation of photos in any
magazine." Wait, brides are doing it, so it's okay? Folio points
out that Leive is no stranger to PhotoShop controversy. Still,
she says, "Readers should never be misled about what they're
looking at." And yet!  From the Blender cover where Britney's
head was attached, Frankenstein-style, onto another body, to
poor Faith Hill — readers are misled. Constantly. Take the new
Marie Claire: We all know that Tina Fey has a prominent scar. So
why can we barely see it?  As