Robin9
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One of the most loathsome consequences of products like Photoshop is that sleazy degenerates can manipulate photographs to make it appear that famous people have posed in ways that they have not. I have seen several reproductions which purport to be of famous film actresses in various states of undress. In many cases the actress in question is known to have been absolute in refusing ever to appear in such postures. Jane Russell is a good example.
Sometimes the original photo is well known and the attempt to misrepresent the actress is brazenly fraudulent. I have a normal, very modest publicity photograph of Sophia Loren and I have seen reworkings of this photo which presents her sitting topless! Clearly, what the unscrupulous individual hoping to make easy money dishonestly has done is to combine two pictures, one not of Sophia Loren. Another "give-away" is when an actress known to have been slim with an economical figure is suddenly presented as having an enormous body. One such image of Natalie Wood is currently being touted on Ebay. I have reported it to Ebay but I don't expect any action will be taken.
Unfortunately many young people today know nothing of film stars of yesteryear and are not likely to be able to recognise fake reproductions for what they are. I will be very sorry if film stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and Barbara Eden, all of whom have been misrepresented in the way I have described, have their reputations tarnished by photo fraud.
Sometimes the original photo is well known and the attempt to misrepresent the actress is brazenly fraudulent. I have a normal, very modest publicity photograph of Sophia Loren and I have seen reworkings of this photo which presents her sitting topless! Clearly, what the unscrupulous individual hoping to make easy money dishonestly has done is to combine two pictures, one not of Sophia Loren. Another "give-away" is when an actress known to have been slim with an economical figure is suddenly presented as having an enormous body. One such image of Natalie Wood is currently being touted on Ebay. I have reported it to Ebay but I don't expect any action will be taken.
Unfortunately many young people today know nothing of film stars of yesteryear and are not likely to be able to recognise fake reproductions for what they are. I will be very sorry if film stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and Barbara Eden, all of whom have been misrepresented in the way I have described, have their reputations tarnished by photo fraud.
