How Photoshop Stole an Election

This isn’t a political blog , per se, but lately the US elections have been intruding upon the design profession. The latest drama surrounds a TV spot from the Hillary Clinton campaign in which the image of Barack Obam a was altered to exaggerate his ethnic features. The Daily Kos , a high-profile liberal blog, broke the story yesterday, but against the background of the primary elections in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island, the media largely ignored it. However, I think this is certainly worth some attention because it’s dodgy with a capital D. Here’s what happened: (more…)