Mariko Mori is a contemporary artist that used photoshop to add additional meaning to her social critiques. She is a very interesting artist whose work began around 1997 in Tokyo.
http://thedreamexperience.homestead.com/files/start.htm

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what happened to me on easter...

Photoshop Composite
This composite image demonstrates my erasing abilaties as well as illustrates an honest reflection of my subconscious.

reply to Creativity Being Strangled.
I find it easy to agree with the argument-however- not easy to follow the kind of subtle hostility that goes along with the presentation of it.. hostility being a feeling that I get from Larry Lessig that our (meaning this country's) "kids" are being suffocated- censored to the point that their way of expressing themselves is being annihilated. Art and creativity is not easy to control- I believe only corporate exploitation where one party is benefiting off of the use of another's image without approval or compensation should be an issue- not posting material on YouTube that has copy write material in it... I am not dealing with this problem as of yet in my art so I cannot really apply the problem to myself...