It's painfully obvious that Photoshop has altered our visual culture. Potentially every magazine picked up in a store demonstrates this. Humans are far from perfect, some of us have blotchy skin, uneven skin tones, or perhaps pimples and zits. On these magazine cover pages, a human is portrayed as perfection, yet in real life, most of these people look like your everyday average Joe (watch TMZ for proof). Photoshop does not limit it self to celebrities. Take a look at Facebook. Profile pictures are often edited to enhance oneself. For example, a fat person edits them self to look skinnier. A flat chested teen may enhance her breast. A scrawny man may try to give himself more muscle mass. All in all, these altered images give the illusion that these editors are fake. Here's what America is truly about : hamburgers, hotdogs, football, freedom, tax, and hope. I have combined all of these elements into one collage with the statue of liberty's lamp shinning bright as a central focus. The images are divided into three paths to show what they represent. The football player represents entertainment, statue of liberty represents freedom, and uncle same represents tax (yuck).
Source images
Football player
Burger
Hot Dog
Uncle Sam
Bright Light
Statue of liberty
Shattered Glass
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