Famous faces like Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson know that when it comes to digitally enhancing your photos with programs like Photoshop, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
Jessica Alba went under the digital knife for her Campari calendar shoot just months after giving birth; in one of the articles below, we can compare the ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots side by side. And after seeing months of Photoshopped images of Jessica Simpson, newspapers and tabloids were shocked to see the real Simpson perform live over the weekend.
For all the good that Photoshop can do--covering up post-baby bloat, erasing a pimple or stray case of blotchy skin--it sure causes a lot of trouble. Just as the media has zeroed in on Jessica Simpson and Jessica Alba for their respective ‘weight gain,’ so too have they railed on Sarah Palin, Brad Pitt and Madonna for releasing photos and magazine covers sans Photoshop.
Is Photoshopping worth the headache? See for yourself by clicking through the controversial articles in the slideshow below. Just for fun, we’ve also included three celebrities besides Jessica Simpson and Jessica Alba who have come under fire in recent months for being either too thin (Megan Fox) or too fat (Eva Longoria and Britney Spears).
25 Controversial Photoshopped Celebs
From Jessica Alba to Jessica Simpson, Artificial Thin is In:
Marissa Brassfield — Jan 28, 2009 — Pop Culture
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Exposing Airbrushing
Excessive Before and After Pictures
22
Disastrous Uber Editing
Famous Photoshop Bloopers
21
Extreme Digital Makeovers
The Photoshop Diet
20
Digital Pubic Hair
Sienna Miller's Virtual Extensions
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10 Photoshop Disasters
From Missing BellyButtons to Giant Heads
18
Natural Boobs
Keira Knightley Rejects Cleavage Airbrushing
17
Fattening Requests
Megan Fox Ordered to Beef Up for Robots
16
Rebelling Against Photoshop
Flawed Brad Pitt Exposed by Chuck Close in W Magazine
15
Photoshopped Normalcy
‘Less Idol' Shows Famous Faces Sans Famous Features
14
Celebs Photoshopped For Domestic Violence
New Women's Aid Campaign
13
Post-Baby Photoshopping
Jessica Alba's Before and After Campari Calendar Shots
12
Unphotoshopped Magazine Covers
Sarah Palin on Newsweek
11
Belly Button Airbrushing
Photoshopping Karolina Kurkova's Mystery Navel
10
Racist Photoshopping
L'Oreal Denies Whitening Beyonce
9
Body Builder Photoshopping
Pumping Up The Stars
8
Fighting Photoshop Rumors
Kim and Khloe Kardashian Defend PETA Ad
7
Scrutinizing Skinny Girls
"Fat" Eva Longoria is Latest Victim
6
An Airbrushed Life of Scandal
Kate Moss for Longchamp
5
Photoshopped Amputations
Tatler Magazine Cover is Totally Borked
4
Airbrush Arguments
Kate Winslet Protests Wrinkle Removal in Magazines
3
Photoshopped Album Covers
Kelly Clarkson Expresses Her Approval of 'All I Ever Wanted' Pics
2
Anti-Republican Photoshopping
John McCain as Warmonger
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Photoshopping For Evil: Fox News Makes NY Times Reporters Ugly
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