[PHOTO] An edited chair at the Gladstone

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An edited chair at the Gladstone
Originally uploaded by rfmcdpei

This picture of the oddly-designed chair in the lobby of the Gladstone Hotel, a boutique hotel in an increasingly gentrifying and high-concept-arted Parkdale district has meaning to me apart from being an image of a really cool chair. It's the first image I've uploaded to my Facebook account that's been edited Photoshop-style. I didn't use Photoshop to get rid of the thin sliver of dark wood trim that cut into the left edge of the original photo, instead using Windows Paint to copy-and-paste pale pink on top of the unwanted intrusions.

A day ago I came across Charles Arthur's Guardian article "How we learned to love Photoshop", celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the computer program that gave anyone the ability to play havoc with photography and veracity. I've stayed away from Photoshop for these reasons, but now, looking at this improved photo, I wonder if I stayed away from Photoshop and its kindred because I was being a boresome purist.

Thoughts?