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The Takeaway: Apps Make It Easy To Airbrush Profile Photos — But Should You?

Posted on 06/18/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsInexpensive apps for touching-up digital photos has made the kind of airbrushing artistry once reserved for celebrities available to the rest of us. Yes, we can now apply the same image altering techniques used on models and magazine covers to our own Match.com or LinkedIn profiles. But is it a good idea?

Do you take pictures to remember?

Posted on 03/6/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Personal HealthTwo recent photography essays have delved deeply into that most ephemeral yet integral part of ourselves: our memories. One of these, from the clever vision of Tom Hussey, is a moving set of portraits of people reguarding their youngselves in their reflection. As an essay, it hits deeply at something we do everyday. It also allows us to discuss with ourselves how we look at ourselves in the mirror. Each reflected image incorporates an element of the person as they …