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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Long Before Photoshop, Photographers Knew How To “Photoshop” Photos
Description: For National Photography Day, a look at the many ways people in the pre-computer days could make photos look like something they weren't, for fun or for not so honorable reasons. Plus: back in 1971, American Airlines put out an ad showing off its in-flight piano bar.
A Giant Visitor to New York City (Library of Congress)
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
1971 American Airlines "Piano Bar" Commercial (YouTube)
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