Photoshopped in 1912
Aug 4, 2019 11:42:48 #
So, when digital came into being so did the discussions about photoshopping our photos. But it has always been done in one way or another.
President Theodore Roosevelt riding a moose across a river in 1908.
Source: Reddit
This photo is a fake. It was created for a political ad when Teddy Roosevelt was running for the presidency for the Progressive Party, whose mascot was the moose. During this election, Roosevelt was running against Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, and William Howard Taft, the Republican incumbent. The photography firm of Underwood and Underwood carefully cut a photograph of Roosevelt on a horse and superimposed it on the image of a moose crossing a river. This image appeared in the September 8, 1912, edition of the New York Tribune.
President Theodore Roosevelt riding a moose across a river in 1908.
Source: Reddit
This photo is a fake. It was created for a political ad when Teddy Roosevelt was running for the presidency for the Progressive Party, whose mascot was the moose. During this election, Roosevelt was running against Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, and William Howard Taft, the Republican incumbent. The photography firm of Underwood and Underwood carefully cut a photograph of Roosevelt on a horse and superimposed it on the image of a moose crossing a river. This image appeared in the September 8, 1912, edition of the New York Tribune.
Aug 4, 2019 11:51:06 #
Aug 4, 2019 12:06:23 #
That technique was common in old postcards where perhaps a giant apple or strawberry would be "photo shopped" on a rail flatbed to promote the virtues of local agriculture.
And thanks for the blast from the past. It is good to be reminded of our roots! :)
Dave
And thanks for the blast from the past. It is good to be reminded of our roots! :)
Dave
Aug 4, 2019 12:13:53 #
Another technique lost to technology! "Paste-ups" don't involve paste anymore except in kindergarten!
Aug 4, 2019 12:14:32 #
I have a photo from the late '40's - my Great Grandfather, Grandfather, Father and myself as a child - all sitting on a sofa together. An unremarkable photo, except my Great Grandfather never came to the U.S. Done very expertly by a photo enthusiast family friend. As good as Photoshop way back then.
Aug 4, 2019 16:51:02 #
Coolcameragirl wrote:
So, when digital came into being so did the discus... (show quote)
Yep, a fake alright, but certainly NOT photoshopped!
Aug 5, 2019 06:31:10 #
Aug 5, 2019 06:48:41 #
Aug 5, 2019 06:54:46 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
sb wrote:
Ahhh - the famous "Jackalope" postcard!
... but Jacklopes are real! I saw the proof at Wall Drug in South Dakota.
Aug 5, 2019 07:37:44 #
Steve DeMott
Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)
tomad wrote:
... but Jacklopes are real! I saw the proof at Wall Drug in South Dakota.
Yup!! Your Right!! Pozo Saloon in Pozo California had one on their wall. I'm still looking for my first snow snake.
Aug 5, 2019 09:05:31 #
But digital photography makes such manipulations so much easier... even people with hardly any image editing experience can do it. (Maybe not produce convincing results, but they can do it.)
Aug 5, 2019 11:21:23 #
SteveLoker
Loc: Fort Worth, TX
I remember an assignment from class where we had to use masking and multiple exposures on a print. The skill and, unfortunately, the prints have been lost to time.
Thanks for knocking the dust off for me! A nice trip down memory lane...
Thanks for knocking the dust off for me! A nice trip down memory lane...
Aug 5, 2019 11:22:55 #
That photo may be fake, but I knew a guy who actually did ride a moose. He was on a guided trip, in a boat, when they saw a moose swimming across the lake. The guide let him ride the critter but warned him to get off before the beast got its feet on the ground. As long as it was swimming, it could do nothing about that obnoxious man on its back.
Aug 5, 2019 11:39:55 #
The Communists did darkroom tricks regularly - I believe replacing Trotsky by Stalin was done more than once. When LBJ first saw the "Napalm Girl" photo by Nick Ut, he thought it was "a lab trick". The fact that such things were done does not justify wholesale changes now just because it is easier.
Aug 5, 2019 11:39:58 #
One day in 1966, my wise old grandmother was sitting at the dining room table with her photo albums, scrapbooks, and a stack of pictures in front of her, along with scissors, Scotch tape, and Rubber Cement. She was cutting pictures apart and pasting pictures together and then putting them in her albums and scrapbooks. I asked her what she was doing and she told me that some pictures had distractions in them, so she was cutting them out. Other pictures of relatives she was pasting together to create a "family photo" or a "family reunion photo." She told me, "What comes out of the camera is just the basics to start with." And that is how I got into photoshopping!
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