10 Beautiful Examples of Photo Retouching & Manipulation

Apr 20, 2009 by Jennifer Farley

Posted under: Blog, Retouching

The following are all people I’ve admired from afar. This collection is a taster of some of the fabo photo retouching and manipulation work they do, something I’m really interested in and do a bit of work in myself. So these guys are quite inspirational. You’ll find no swirls or swooshes in this lot, they are all very different, interesting to look at and try to figure out how it’s done. All images are copyright the original artist.

So, in no particular order;

Whaddya think? Please feel free to add links to other great examples of retouching.

Tags: Photo Retouching

11 Comments + Add Comment

Heather T. April 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm

Is it retouching, or art? That Christophe Huet is something ELSE!!! Gorgeous samples…

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Daidreams April 21, 2009 at 12:25 am

I believe it’s both… When a designer can retouch a photo into such an incredible manipulation… It’s certainly ART!

Christophe Huet’s is also my favorite..
Devlin April 21, 2009 at 6:37 am

I second Heather T. Huet’s stuff is fantastic!

Devlins last blog post..More Faux-Nostalgia
Jennifer Farley April 21, 2009 at 8:32 am

Hi guys! Thanks for the comments.

Yes Christophe Huet is exceptional, isn’t he? When I grow up I want to retouch like him! I love Derek Bacon’s work too. And Taylor James. And Glenn Honiball is renowned in the industry for his work. They’re all brill really.
keruchan April 23, 2009 at 1:52 am

I think it was a ‘manipulation’ not retouch, retouch is by fixing the photos or make it beautiful but off course the photo must still be the same and not to create a huge difference.

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Jennifer Farley April 23, 2009 at 4:27 pm

You are right Keruchan, some of it is definitely manipulation and I’m going to change the name of the post! Thanks for your comments.
photo retouching April 23, 2009 at 8:14 pm

really inspirational artists, all brilliant in their own way. Thanks for this collection.
Jennifer Farley April 25, 2009 at 11:51 am

Thanks photoretouching, you’ve got some nice work on your site.
Trevor Collins April 26, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Wow! Brilliant work. I especially like the milk exploding out of the bottle with the droplets forming different shapes. First class work
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Allen October 4, 2009 at 4:26 am

those are outstanding work~i wish i know how to do sth like them.
realli amazing~thx for posting~