Airbrushing is by no means a new issue, I use the word issue as the process helps create an unrealistic image of beauty, and today brings another airbrushing controversy. Greg Kadel had photographed 20 year old model Karlie Kloss for Numéro magazine capturing Kloss in a ‘natural state’ (ribs perturbing). However the magazine airbrushed over them...leaving the photographer very unhappy. Leading Kadel to release the original image, ribs and all.

A statement from someone in the photographer’s camp stated; “It was Greg’s desire to represent Karlie as she naturally is … slender, athletic and beautiful. That is why he released the images as he intended them to be seen by the public. He is shocked and dismayed that unbeknownst to him, Numéro took it upon themselves to airbrush over his original images. Greg stands by his original artwork and cannot stress enough that he not only was unaware of the magazine’s retouching but also finds the airbrushing of Karlie unacceptable and unnecessary.”

But the question is, was the reaction about a false image of a model’s body or about re-touching of a photographers work?