Even before Photoshop was available, some photographers tried to improve their photos. Sometimes, it was to clean little blemishes, but it could go to quite significant upgrades: removing somebody form a group portrait (like with chairman Mao, below), putting a better body under the head of VIP, etc.

This guy is no longer welcome here!

Source: NY Times.

To follow up on a previous post, here are the ugliest photo cameras I could find (with the very active assistance of The Online Photographer, I have to admit):

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Christine Berrie is a pencil artist whose work can be astonishing. If you are in vintage cameras, you’ll probably love her vintage camera poster.

Copyright (C) Christine Berrie

And you can buy the poster at Etsy.