Large Scale sticker downloads

Here are 2 new templates to download to be printed off and used on bigger examples of retouched photographs that need the publics attention. The templates are optimized for A4 paper.

Alternatively download PDF versions of the files HERE

Not Real or Retouched (or a from this planet!)

People have been discussing with me about how manipulating images is not a new phenomenon and how the stickers can be used in interesting ways.

Henry Viii chose his wife Anne of Cleves on the basis of this painting by Hans Holbein of her. Upon meeting her he is said to have labeled her ugly and didn’t wish to marry her. Though retouching is thought of as a new technique in this digital era, this shows thats not entirely true!

Lastly a famous example of a potentially manipulated image of the moon landings in 1969. There are many different conspiracy theories surrounding the photographs and are often thought of as Not real.

Alternative Sticker Set

As well as the Not real. Not retouched. cursor, toolbar and logo, we wanted to give you more images to play and experiment with. Try out this new set on images to give them an even greater sense of being in a digital manipulation scenario.

Check back soon when we’ll be adding a larger scale download of the original sticker set to be used on billboards, poster ads etc.

Not real. + Not retouched.

Some  design managest succeed  on combining images that have been manipulated whilst not deceiving the viewer at the same time. This is because the photographs are so obviously edited and the artist is not trying to hide this.

Here are two amazing examples, one by Archan Nair and Couscous Kid

Not real. #1

2 of these images are scans from magazine adverts and the other starring model twiggy was never allowed to be printed as was banned as it was ruled to give ‘misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve’.

The campaign

Not real. Not retouched. is a campaign that seeks to empower those exposed to images of false and unobtainable bodies. We don’t seek to remove all manipulated images in the media, but to encourage the editing of these photos to be done more ethically.

The human body has forever been celebrated as an object of art. Recently however, digital manipulation has seen it turned into a issue of controversy. We believe that by both the media and the general public supporting the use of clearly altered images we can end the debate on airbrushing.

Download the free sticker template below and use on images in magazines, posters, adverts where you feel the photo is trying to mislead. Why not stick on windows and mirrors and give others the chance to see themselves in a ‘Photoshop’ situation?