Comments on: Altered Photographs: Kent State Massacre.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:18:56 +0000

So sorry, I bow to your obviously superior wit and knowledge, Daniel Kim.

Really.

Honest.

*snicker*

–TwoDragons

By: dogear

dogear — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:10:28 +0000

1st version of Photoshop was released in 1990.

By: Daniel Kim

Daniel Kim — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:49:38 +0000

It’s amusing to read the disparaging remark by Denita TwoDragons, describing the alteration as a “‘shop job”. At the time, photographic alteration was not done by digital manipulation, but by X-acto knife, airbrush and darkroom tricks. While the fencepost removal is not even as smooth as contemporary methods could produce, such manipulation was not a trivial matter of a few mouse clicks.

By: Raqlaine

Raqlaine — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:20:49 +0000

Man, big freaking deal, someone removed a pole that looked like it was sticking out of the woman’s head. I suppose the photo is more famous now for the pole-removal than the massacre aftermath it captured. Stupid.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:17:13 +0000

Why the heck would they do that, anyways? And who got their five year old kid to do the work…?

(C’mon, you have to admit that’s a sucky ‘shop job, y’all. I can see where they did the editing!)

–TwoDragons

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:03:15 +0000

now why’d they have to go and remove that javelin?

By: Lea

Lea — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:47:27 +0000

woops i meant right side ;D

By: Lea

Lea — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:46:47 +0000

yes, the pole in the middle of the picture, and the weird shorts the person on the left of the photo is wearing are different in the doctored photo.

By: tomas

tomas — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:58:01 +0000

she’s got a post stickin’ out of her head.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:33:10 +0000

Well there’s a big pole sticking out of her head in the first one….

By: jackie

jackie — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:24:08 +0000

The altered one looks darker…but that’s the only difference I see…