{"id":13951,"date":"2024-03-31T16:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/31\/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T16:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T14:38:53","slug":"tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/31\/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech publisher bans Playboy centrefold test image from its journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Fors\u00e9n\u2019s picture has been used as reference photo since the 1970s, but trade body now says it\u2019s against code of ethics<\/p>\n<p>Cropped from the shoulders up, the Playboy centrefold of Swedish model Lena Fors\u00e9n looking back at the photographer is an unlikely candidate for one of the most reproduced images ever.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after it was printed in the November 1972 issue of the magazine, the photograph was digitised by Alexander Sawchuk, an assistant professor at the University of California, using a scanner designed for press agencies. Sawchuk and his engineering colleagues needed new images to test their processing algorithms. Bored of TV test images, they turned to the centrefold (defending its choice by noting that it had a face in it and a mixture of light and dark colours). Fortuitously, the limits of the scanner meant that only the top five inches were scanned, with just Fors\u00e9n\u2019s bare shoulder hinting at the nature of the original picture.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/mar\/31\/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/302f7f95a680f3422400311dffe78a1c92f7f9d1\/0_51_1916_1149\/master\/1916.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c6a44320ea033e082c42fe4df4a374fe\" title=\"Tech publisher bans Playboy centrefold test image from its journals\" \/>Lena Fors\u00e9n\u2019s picture has been used as reference photo since the 1970s, but trade body now says it\u2019s against code of ethics<br \/>\nCropped from the shoulders up, the Playboy centrefold of Swedish model Lena Fors\u00e9n looking back at the photographer is an unlikely candidate for one of the most reproduced images ever.<br \/>\nShortly after it was printed in the November 1972 issue of the magazine, the photograph was digitised by Alexander Sawchuk, an assistant professor at the University of California, using a scanner designed for press agencies. Sawchuk and his engineering colleagues needed new images to test their processing algorithms. Bored of TV test images, they turned to the centrefold (defending its choice by noting that it had a face in it and a mixture of light and dark colours). Fortuitously, the limits of the scanner meant that only the top five inches were scanned, with just Fors\u00e9n\u2019s bare shoulder hinting at the nature of the original picture. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Fors\u00e9n\u2019s picture has been used as reference photo since the 1970s, but trade body now says it\u2019s against code of ethics Cropped from the shoulders up, the Playboy centrefold of Swedish model Lena Fors\u00e9n looking back at the photographer is an unlikely candidate for one of the most reproduced images ever. Shortly after it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/31\/tech-publisher-bans-playboy-centrefold-test-image-from-its-journals\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tech publisher bans Playboy centrefold test image from its journals<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13951"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}