Kazakhstan Is Photoshopping Their Leader’s Photos And They Are Not Even Trying To Be Subtle
The country of Kazakhstan was just caught photoshopping official photos of its new leader, and the evidence is overwhelming. It’s clear that beauty retouching techniques dramatically altered his appearance. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty made the discovery when comparing government-released photos with other pictures captured at the same place and time by ordinary journalists
In March, Kazakhstan interim president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took over as leader after longtime President Nursultan Nazarbaev unexpectedly resigned. To many, this came as a surprise. Known as “Papa” to many Kazakhs, the 78-year-old former steel worker and Communist party apparatchik, Nazarbaev has ruled the vast oil and gas-rich nation since 1989, when it was still part of the Soviet Union.
Receiving the credentials of U.S. Ambassador William H. Moser in March
It might be that the aim of this Photoshop campaign is to nip, tuck, and smooth the 65-year-old ex-diplomat and former prime minister’s appearance in preparation for the snap presidential election the country is having in June.
Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in April
An expert told the RFE/RL that he was “almost 100 percent” certain Toqaev’s photos have been photoshopped in an attempt to change his appearance. “One of the world’s leading retouchers, who asked to remain anonymous, [said] he believed the picture had been altered ‘mainly using surface blur to even out the skin of the face.'”
“You can see it’s uneven when looking closely at the face,” he added. “Some parts contain jpeg artifacts and some parts are smoother. I work with this every day, and it looks like it’s definitely been smoothed out.”
Welcoming South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Kazakhstan in late April
Chatting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Kazakhstan in April
People had a lot to say about this
This is outrageous, it sets an unachievable standard for teenage boys to aspire to.
Your comment is golden mate. Made me laugh hard :-)
Then young boys beg, borrow or steal couple hundred bucks so they can buy the manliest anti-wrinkle/magic
..cream called WolfLighteningQuakeWellEndowed - Just For Real Men. Those poor dear boys. We've ignored their plight for way too long.
Trump does this too. Some times luminous orange isn't orange enough
can you imagine what the ritual of doing his hair looks like? Questions, so many questions: How many people does it take? How long does it take? Is peroxide used daily? What kind of glue holds it all together? Aqua Net or VO5?
oh god... why would you make us think of that... *vom*
hm,i have seen more photoshopped pictures about him than made by him (or his team)
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Boy you guys can't just leave it alone can you? Hillary lost, get over it already!
Is this how Borat manages to look so good?
Yes indeed!
I think they missed a trick. They should have made the people he's shaking hand with look really haggard.
Someone please turn this into a "before | after" fake advertisment for a facial cream for men.
This is a powerful world leader here, not a 17 yo trying to impress her friends on Instagram! Get it together, Kazakhstan.
I live in this country, but never noticed this))thought he is young not 65.
Yes, you can learning more with Borat documentary
Borat's documentary is bullshit. don't trust it, he even hasn't been in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world...
“All other countries are run by little girls!”
"Kazakhstan is number one exporter of potassium"
“All other countries have inferior potassium”
Who's down-voting the Borat references? Is Borat now too offensive?
I agree and disagree
Do they alter the images of his hands to make them look larger?
Hey looks like Asian Kevin Rudd
I need me some of that surface blur, he looks great!
Don't they have televisions in Kazakhstan? The first time he ever appeared on T.V. his cover would be blown.
We do have TVs
You guys didn't get, is just a better angle, people are jealous
Just...why?
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Ambassador Moser has an extra left thumb.
Big leaders are so fragile.
And yet again BoredPanda steals content from Reddit without saying so
He looks like he’s preparing to join a Korean boy band.
Yes! I thought they made him look like a rat, but your comparison is better.
He should just put a bulldog clip on the back of his neck.
this could also be what kim jong un does as well, since the internet is banned there, no one in korea would know
oh god
Sexy time!
but why? he looks less credible this way
Who cares if the pic is photoshopped. If models getting paid buckets of money can get away with it, why not the leader of a country? Of course the only way to improve some leaders faces with photoshop is replace it with someone more respectable or erase their face altogether.
why does the background change on every pic? do people shop those too?
As said in the article, these aren't "before" and "after" images, but comparisons between government-released photos and other pictures captured at the same place and the same time by journalists. the background changes because the angles from which the pictures were taken were different, too.
If only getting rid of a double chin were this easy.
I guess no one loves Donnie enough to do it for him? Lol.
Once again BoredPanda steals content from Reddit without giving credit, even the fucking title.
wow.. He looks chinese now
Well, actually I would not have noticed it when seeing him on TV. Politicians have so much make up on that I just wouldn't have questioned it. And...I'm pretty sure 95% of the worlds population wouldn't have noticed it as well.
Shows how fucked up this country must be...
What, the whole country? How's that?
Are u serious rn? Kazakhstan is a great country not the best but still great
And they made poutine smile
Why does it matter? Like the most they do is photoshop him to look younger, which is only everyone's dream haha
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: Although Kazakhstan a glorious country, it have a problem, too: economic, social, and Jew.
This is outrageous, it sets an unachievable standard for teenage boys to aspire to.
Your comment is golden mate. Made me laugh hard :-)
Then young boys beg, borrow or steal couple hundred bucks so they can buy the manliest anti-wrinkle/magic
..cream called WolfLighteningQuakeWellEndowed - Just For Real Men. Those poor dear boys. We've ignored their plight for way too long.
Trump does this too. Some times luminous orange isn't orange enough
can you imagine what the ritual of doing his hair looks like? Questions, so many questions: How many people does it take? How long does it take? Is peroxide used daily? What kind of glue holds it all together? Aqua Net or VO5?
oh god... why would you make us think of that... *vom*
hm,i have seen more photoshopped pictures about him than made by him (or his team)
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Boy you guys can't just leave it alone can you? Hillary lost, get over it already!
Is this how Borat manages to look so good?
Yes indeed!
I think they missed a trick. They should have made the people he's shaking hand with look really haggard.
Someone please turn this into a "before | after" fake advertisment for a facial cream for men.
This is a powerful world leader here, not a 17 yo trying to impress her friends on Instagram! Get it together, Kazakhstan.
I live in this country, but never noticed this))thought he is young not 65.
Yes, you can learning more with Borat documentary
Borat's documentary is bullshit. don't trust it, he even hasn't been in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world...
“All other countries are run by little girls!”
"Kazakhstan is number one exporter of potassium"
“All other countries have inferior potassium”
Who's down-voting the Borat references? Is Borat now too offensive?
I agree and disagree
Do they alter the images of his hands to make them look larger?
Hey looks like Asian Kevin Rudd
I need me some of that surface blur, he looks great!
Don't they have televisions in Kazakhstan? The first time he ever appeared on T.V. his cover would be blown.
We do have TVs
You guys didn't get, is just a better angle, people are jealous
Just...why?
This comment has been deleted.
Ambassador Moser has an extra left thumb.
Big leaders are so fragile.
And yet again BoredPanda steals content from Reddit without saying so
He looks like he’s preparing to join a Korean boy band.
Yes! I thought they made him look like a rat, but your comparison is better.
He should just put a bulldog clip on the back of his neck.
this could also be what kim jong un does as well, since the internet is banned there, no one in korea would know
oh god
Sexy time!
but why? he looks less credible this way
Who cares if the pic is photoshopped. If models getting paid buckets of money can get away with it, why not the leader of a country? Of course the only way to improve some leaders faces with photoshop is replace it with someone more respectable or erase their face altogether.
why does the background change on every pic? do people shop those too?
As said in the article, these aren't "before" and "after" images, but comparisons between government-released photos and other pictures captured at the same place and the same time by journalists. the background changes because the angles from which the pictures were taken were different, too.
If only getting rid of a double chin were this easy.
I guess no one loves Donnie enough to do it for him? Lol.
Once again BoredPanda steals content from Reddit without giving credit, even the fucking title.
wow.. He looks chinese now
Well, actually I would not have noticed it when seeing him on TV. Politicians have so much make up on that I just wouldn't have questioned it. And...I'm pretty sure 95% of the worlds population wouldn't have noticed it as well.
Shows how fucked up this country must be...
What, the whole country? How's that?
Are u serious rn? Kazakhstan is a great country not the best but still great
And they made poutine smile
Why does it matter? Like the most they do is photoshop him to look younger, which is only everyone's dream haha
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: Although Kazakhstan a glorious country, it have a problem, too: economic, social, and Jew.