Posted on 09/05/2008 9:56:50 AM PDT by SvenWaring
The class photo of Barack Obama's fifth grade class is a fake. That's what a photographer and seventies fashion expert is saying, claiming he sees tell-tale signs of airbrushing and Photoshop hijinx.
Brent Gitchenstein, former airbrush master for Dog Fancy Magazine, said the picture taken in 1972 purports to show Obama with a group of his classmates in Hawaii. However on closer inspection, the photo appears to a well-crafted fake, with several people airbrushed out and objects altered.
"Note how everyone in the damn class has a moo moo, except Barack, who's in this subdued brown number," said Gitchenstein. "Nobody was that cool in the seventies. Who is he, the Fonz?"
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ROTFLMAO!!!
Man that’s funny.
fake? you think?:)
Fake, but accurate.
At DotPenn, our motto is “never let the facts get in the way with the truth.”
What? What’s wrong? It’s uncle Binny’s favorite photo.
This is stupid...
I’ve blown this pic up and you can’t see the children’s feet through the font characters at the lower right. This text may have been added later by someone at the Hawaiian Census office. The photo, however, appears legit.
“This is stupid...:
But in a very funny kind of way.
What a lovely and attractive school teacher.
Do Hawaaians actually dress like Muslims? I would not have guessed that.
Oh sure, all the time. And the women all have beards.
You may be thinking of the Amish.
Leni
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