LIFE Magazine's Lee Harvey Oswald "Photoshopped" Cover

While browsing the shelves at Forbidden Books in Dallas' Fair Park area way back in the late '90s I came across this original copy of the infamous Lee Harvey Oswald cover 'photo' on LIFE.

Since I'm a conspiracy theorist I believe this is the most famous Photoshop ever done (long before there was such a thing as Photoshop).

The shadows seemed mismatched for one thing. And the way he's leaning? Does that look natural to you? His head looks way too big for the body it was Photoshopped onto. And why would Oswald have this photo of him taken anyways, with the weapons he supposedly used? And who took it? Lots of questions with no answers.

Anyways, what's unique about this LIFE is that it's still got the original address sticker on it (click on the photo to get a better look at it). It's in perfect condition and is encased in a clear frame on my living room wall. I shot it throw the frame instead of taking it out since I'm lazy that way.

Oswald is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetary on Fort Worth's far east side and I have gone out there a couple of times trying to find his grave marker. No luck. Maybe one of these days I'll stumble upon it.

Here's a story about the owner of former Forbibben store:

www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/home/stories/042...

And here's his online gallery (his store closed long ago after the Dallas cops harassed him one too many times about the crazy shit he sold there):

www.hotweird.com/forbidden/forbiddengallery.html

And for those wondering whether Oswald was the "Lone Gunman" or part of a government conspiracy that labeled him a patsy just watch this video and decide for yourself. JFK, like 9/11, was an inside job.

Grandma Chuggin' Down A 40

Here's a pic of a friend's mom I took back in the mid-'90s during a classic back yard white trash redneck BBQ cookout party at his place.

Yes, she's drinking a 40 of Colt 45. Pat is still kickin' too and, as always, is busily drinking beer and smoking cigs.

The photo was picked up by the website Sorry I Missed Your Party. Click the link and then scroll down to read the hilarious comments.

I took this photo of her using a cheap ass auto focus 35mm camera and, at some point, scanned the print. I was spending a bit of time going back over old, old photos and decided to look them over for ones I could restore to my satisfaction using today's amazing digital darkroom image editors.

I enlarged and improved this one's look by using two photo editors, Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 and Capture NX.

In Photoshop I finished it off by applying the 'poster edges' filter then manipulating it to where it looked good to my eye.