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12 June 2009 @ 08:28 pm
Marketing Mayhem  
If I was the father covered up in the original photo to attempt to show greater "diversity", I'd be pretty peeved.

http://gawker.com/5287311/black-guy-photoshopped-in






 
 
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David[info]thegrandepoobah on June 13th, 2009 01:33 am (UTC)
There was a Torontoist story on this a few days ago. The original is a stock photo, so the the father, assuming that's even a real family, signed a model release. Pay for the photo and you can do what you want with it.

That said, I think what they've done to it is pretty stupid. At the very least they could have hired someone proficient with photoshop.
Sid: cobra[info]neoengel on June 13th, 2009 02:22 am (UTC)
Ah thanks for the 411 but yeah, still stupid :P

Cue the "seen a few shoops before" pic ;)
Miyu (SAS)[info]meridius on June 13th, 2009 03:06 am (UTC)
Its so obviously PSed too
nessa_thenut: nuts[info]nessa_thenut on June 13th, 2009 06:59 am (UTC)
I'd say "I can tell by the pixels" but I like to think I'm more original than that XD

They may have well shooped Pedobear's face in.