Anyone who says they can’t see the difference between the Photoshopped and airbrushed image on the left and the real thing needs to get their eyes examined. Any photographer who renders their subject almost unidentifiable will never be great.
A great photographer is someone like Annie Liebowitz who lightly retouches her photos without obliterating the original subject. What’s the purpose of airbrushing the hail out of a photo and lightening the subject 10 shades? This type of photography should be called “Fantasy Photography” because the photos don’t look anything like reality.
