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There’s been a lot of talk on my dash about how to avoid whitewashing in edits recently and I’m very glad about that. But it’s got me to wondering –

– tv shows, movies, whole lighting departments, cameras, they’re not immune to whitewashing either. Lemme find an example…Freema Agyeman. Here she is in a Doctor Who promo photo:

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And here she is in a photoshoot (I don’t know who for) around the same time:

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Her skin’s been made a lot lighter. (Here’s a pic from the same photoshoot, same thing.) So basically…

….what are your responsibilities as a graphic/gif/icon maker if your subject is already whitewashed?