IKEAshopped

About a year ago, an issue occurred involving IKEA and their magazines in Saudi Arabia. Apparently, the Saudi Arabian edition of the magazine removed all women from photos because they were showing too much skin. However, they removed women who were fully clothed simply brushing their teeth with their children (the photo below) and even the IKEA employees presenting the magazine was photo shopped out. Image

IKEA apologized and as far as I know everything is fine, but this controversy sparked an internet sensation that I find to be pretty humorous. People have taken famous photos and replaced the women in them, such as Hilary Clinton and Marilyn Monroe, with IKEA products instead. It’s very obvious that they are photo shopped, and it is also obvious that no one was doing this seriously, they were just essentially mocking IKEA. People photoshop for the mere fun of photoshopping. I know I got a few good laughs from seeing these photos.

http://petapixel.com/2012/10/04/ikea-catalog-photoshop-controversy-spawns-new-internet-photo-meme/

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