On 23 Aug, 10:39, "s.putnik" wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6959180.stm
>
> Magazine retouches Sarkozy photo
>
> Paris Match airbrushed out the bulges visible in this original image
> The French magazine Paris Match touched up a photograph of President
> Nicolas Sarkozy on his US holiday, making his figure more svelte.
>
> Leading news weekly L'Express printed before and after shots, showing
> a distinct tightening of the area it called poignees d'amour (love
> handles).
>
> L'Express quotes Paris Match as saying the president's seating
> position made the bulge look more prominent.
>
> Paris Match said it had tried adjusting the lighting on the picture.
>
> "The correction was exaggerated during the printing process," the
> magazine told L'Express.
>
> 'Magic wand'
>
> In the photograph the president is shown, bare to the waist, canoeing
> with his son.
>
> L'Express said Paris Match had "removed with the wave of a magic wand
> the love handles that were slightly weighing down the figure of
> Nicolas Sarkozy".
>
> When contacted by the BBC, Paris Match declined to make any further
> comment.
>
> Correspondents say the French president's US visit this month did much
> to improve US-French relations but was not without incident.
>
> Mr Sarkozy scolded two US photographers trying to take shots of him on
> Lake Winnipesaukee during his stay at a luxury villa in New Hampshire.
>
> French media pressure on the financial details of his US holiday also
> forced him to reveal he had stayed as the guest of two wealthy
> families.
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