Remember how National Geographic used to have that How We Got That Photo section for the story behind those close-ups of wildebeests and warlords and whatnot? Well other magazines do it too, apparently, and more and more often, the answer is “Photoshop.” Fellow blogger Sabina Becker over at News of the Restless discovered, translated and posted this funny/scary confession from the Brazilian magazine Epoca. It begins:
“For this week's cover, we had to make a very specific image choice. The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, had to appear with a menacing face. It was very difficult, because he has a chubby, sympathetic face that wouldn't scare anyone…”More, chubby, sympathetic, weirdness. With photos.
