The OG Photoshop: Portrait Painters and the Art of Retouching

As the beautiful exhibit of John Singer Sargent portraits takes off at the Tate Museum in London, Sargent & Fashion until July 7th, and the world is continually abuzz with the often hyperbolic, hypocritical judgments of whether or not photos can, should, are retouched by their creators, we take a look at the longstanding tradition of “portrait enhancing” and the innate human desire to always give our best face.