Unretouched Photo from Justin Bieber’s Calvin Klein Shoot Reveals Photoshop Enhancements

Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

Published on January 9, 2015 by Michael Zhang

http://petapixel.com/2015/01/09/unretouched-photo-justin-biebers-calvin-klein-shoot-reveals-photoshop-enhancements/

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Singer Justin Bieber is the new face of Calvin Klein, and a number of new advertising photos and videos have been published in recent days as part of a new #mycalvins campaign. The black and white photos are causing a bit of controversy though: a leaked unretouched version of one photo suggests that quite a bit of Photoshop was used to alter Bieber’s appearance and… proportions.

The photograph (above, on left) was emailed to the website BreatheHeavy by an anonymous source that was connected to the photo shoot. “Bieber specified he wanted to look ‘taller and buff.’ Bigger bulge implied,” the source said.

This allegation of misleading Photoshopping has since caused quite a furor in the media. After all, it’s not every day that we get to see a comparison of this type of ad photo before and after Photoshop

To see exactly what the differences in the images are, BreatheHeavy created this clip in which the photos are compared: