And now that the president’s portrait is in the news, more wonders of Photoshop

Published: May 20, 2014 at 8:00am
One of the prime minister's official photographs from last year, compared with the reality. Tanned skin and plenty of dark hair to match.

One of the prime minister’s official photographs from last year, compared with the reality. Tanned skin and plenty of dark hair to match.




25 Comments Comment

  1. manum says:

    Pity he is not on a dating site, he would face a few dissappointments.

  2. wacko says:

    Even his image is false. I hope those who fell for it now realise this.

  3. Gahan says:

    “Wot you see is wot you get.”

  4. Tractor says:

    Kemm hu ħelu madoff b’dawk l-għajnejn blu!

  5. D Ace says:

    Come on! This is NOT Berlusconi-style. Berlusconi implanted new hair and did a face lift.

    This is Mussolini-style – i.e., the propaganda machine propagates a different picture (literally).

    In Mussolini’s case it was because, one is to suppose, there were no hair implants and no face lifts at the time.

    One wonders what’s the reason in Muscat’s case.

    And by the way, it is therefore not MuscatONI but MuscatINI.

    [Daphne – Muscat tried the Berlusconi approach but it wasn’t successful. Or have you forgotten already?]

  6. bookworm says:

    The Night King from the Game of Thrones.

  7. Lomax says:

    Photoshop can’t do much about that mouth.

    • Joe Fenech says:

      What about the brain?

      • Zeza says:

        what about your brain?

      • Joe Fenech says:

        Zeza, apparently my brain can perceive things which yours fails to. And anyhow, I didn’t need Muscat to get ahead with my life and career, unlike the PL people. I left and made it thanks to my bloody hard work and my parents’ insistence on education (unlike most PL parents who want their children to succeed at all costs despite their children being as dumb as hell). People of my generation lived in a Malta where poverty was rife, but those who had the guts managed in life.

  8. gigi says:

    Wishful thinking Zepp.

  9. Josette says:

    The second photo reveals his real character. Jidher veru aħdar fih.

  10. Ruth says:

    Photoshopped jew mhux, xorta jibqa l-fatt li dak il-wicc b’dik id-dahka sarkastika huwa tad-daqqiet ta’ harta.

    • anthony says:

      Please don’t talk about daqqiet ta’ ponn.

      We might have to foot the bill for a security detail of a hundred men plus a couple of APC s.

    • Ruth says:

      ‘daqqiet ta’ harta’ is actually more of sort of the opposite expression ‘tal-gdim’ we say when we see a very cute baby. It’s not something you’d really do. It’s more like a feeling that gives you that sudden urge, if you know what I mean.

      • Ruth says:

        In other words, he can be photoshopped as much as he likes. He’s still neither cute nor handsome, at all.

  11. Mrs M says:

    I say thank God for Photoshop, because he looks like a ghost in the real photo.

  12. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Aye, the wonders of Photoshop. Like putting an EU flag in every picture.

  13. rosie says:

    A picture is worth a thousand words and the one on the left is going to jail for swearing.

  14. Peppa Pig says:

    Desperate Dan from The Beano.

  15. Mariella says:

    Ara vera kif jghid il-malti..Alla qabel ma jlaqqa’ jxebbah.

  16. Twanny borg says:

    Jaghmel parrokka!

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