Photoshopped Pictures

It is very common for photographs to be doctored using Photoshop before they are published. Sometimes these changes are minor but someitmes they change the perception of the picture completely. Depending on the circumstance and the outlook you have on altering photographs, this act of doctorign can be positive or negative. I looked at a picture of Clement Hurd, the author of the children'd classic Goodnoght Moon. His picture which is displayed next to his biography on the inside cover has been changed since the original publication of the story. The picture used to display him with a cigarette in hand but now the cigarette has been edited out most likely using Photoshop. In this particular instance, I think the change is a positive one. Seeing a popular author smoking can craete a positive affiliation between young children and cigarettes the same way ads create positive relationships betweeen the products and the audience. There are many instances where editing photographs can have a negative effect, but this is one example of when editing can improve the messege of the picture.