The Blackening And Whitening Of Obama

Mollygood ponders Did ‘GQ’ Blacken Barack?

See the images side by side here.

Maybe Mollygood has a point after all.  Time, Rolling Stone, and GQ magazine covers appear to demonstrate that contrast.

Instant morphed suntan?  Or expected gradations in contrast, hue, and color from typical photography?

Time.

Rolling Stone.

GQ.

See:

• http://www.mollygood.com/did-gq-blacken-barack-20081204 /
• http://www.stereohyped.com/did-gq-blacken-barack-20081204/
• Time cover image courtesy of http://www.eandppub.com/2008/10/time-poll-shows.html.
• Time cover image courtesy of  http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/04/215722.php.
• Time cover image courtesy of http://tsfiles.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/.
• Time cover image courtesy of http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Time-President-Obama/Time-Magazine/e/9781603200721/.
• Rolling Stone cover image courtesy of http://www.theweeklystandard.com/check.asp?idArticle=15730&r=xivlh.
• Rolling Stone cover image courtesy of http://www.observer.com/2008/rolling-stone-pictures-worth-thousand-coverlines.
• GQ cover image courtesy of http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/magazines/obama_first_pol_to_grace_gq_cover_in_15_years_64920.asp.
• GQ cover image courtesy of http://wwww.examiner.com/x-398-Denver-Fashion-Examiner~y2008m11d26-Top-10-fashion-magazines-to-pick-up-this-December.