This photo was then manipulated further with lighting effects and artificial changes in order to improve it. However, during Abraham Lincoln’s campaign for the presidency during 1860, people have zero to no idea on what he looked like, leading the masses to begin spreading rumors of his rather “hideous appearance.” While these rumors mostly spread within the opposition’s circles, Lincoln enlisted the help of a well-known photographer named Mathew Brady, who then conceptualized and produced a photo of Lincoln which would make him look better.
Did you know that one of the earliest examples of photo-editing happened to a photo of none other than former United States president Abraham Lincoln? Before the dawn of the computer, photos were edited by hand using paint, airbrushes, ink, and glue or by simply scratching Polaroids during its developing stages.
