Feature: Airbrushing - a new art? When the fashion houses are launching a new campaign or the high-priced glossies are planning an A-list photo shoot they call one man for absolute perfection: Pascal Dangin. READ MORE
Friend or foe: celebrities and Photoshop. We may be used to seeing celebrities perfected on supermarket shelves but there is another side to Photoshopping: it's also used to do the opposite. READ MORE
Interview: "The link between retouched images and anorexia is tenuous" Professional retoucher John Deaville talks frankly about airbrushing in the future and whether it's a problem. READ MORE
Interview: A Body Issue. Psychologist Shobi Kanal weighs up how much the media is linked to eating disorders and negative body issues. READ MORE
Voluntary code and the size zeros Earlier this year the media was abuzz with news of a 'ban' on retouching in magazines, but little has been said since. READ MORE
Teenage girls and a Photoshopped world. When it comes to body image the most 'vulnerable' are young females. READ MORE
A ban or a bunch of baloney?Key picture editors at British magazines do not know about the currant talks on reducing the amount of retouching done READ MORE
A digital debate
Whether you love it or loath it retouching is constantly around us: in our magazines and newspapers, when we watch TV or check our e-mails, when we drive past billboards or flick through brochures. Sometimes it's good; sometimes it's bad and other times you don't even know it's there. We live in a world where reality is blurred; digital perfection vs. natural beauty.
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PicturePerfect? has the latest news on the potential 'airbrush ban', covers serious issues about links with body image and eating disorders as well as what the celebrities think and some Photoshop horrors (three hands anyone?!).