{"id":390,"date":"2013-10-07T11:29:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T11:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/10\/07\/new-aesthetic-sometime-in-1987-you-were\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T20:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:27:39","slug":"new-aesthetic-sometime-in-1987-you-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/10\/07\/new-aesthetic-sometime-in-1987-you-were\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

new-aesthetic<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Sometime in 1987, you were sitting on a beach in Bora Bora, looking at To\u2019opua island, enjoying a holiday with a very serious boyfriend. The serious boyfriend, John, took a photograph of you sitting on the beach, not wearing your bikini top. John later became your husband and father to your children Sarah, Lisa, Alex and Jane.<\/p>\n

"This photograph of a beautiful moment in your personal history has also become a part of my history, and that of many other people; it has even shaped our outlooks on the world at large. John\u2019s image of you became the first image to be publicly altered by the most influential image manipulation program ever. [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n

"I still wonder if you felt the world change there on that beach. The fact that reality would be more moldable, that normal people could change their history, brighten up their past, and put twirl effects on their faces? That holiday image was distributed with the first demo editions of Photoshop, and your intimate beach moment became the reality for many people to play with. Two Jennifers, no Jennifer, less clouds, etc. In essence, it was the very first photoshop meme\u2014but now the image is nowhere to be found online.”<\/p>\n

Rhizome | A Letter to Jennifer Knoll<\/a>, via Caspar V.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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