James Fridman
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London, United Kingdom
OccupationGraphic Designer
Websitewww.thejamesfridmanfoundation.org

James Fridman is a British graphic designer known for taking requests on Twitter for alterations to photographs, but consistently responding with an image edited to comedically unexpected results — usually by taking specifications literally, invoking paraprosdokian humour. Many fans submit photos of themselves with a request to improve the image with photo editing, expecting a humorous result, to which Fridman replies. Some fans will send photos to Fridman hoping to change a part of them they feel insecure about. This results in Fridman leaving the photo untouched and he leaves a positive message, telling them to embrace their imperfections and to never let anyone else bring them down. He and his work have been featured in publications such as Cosmopolitan,[1] The Daily Telegraph,[2] MTV,[3] Huffington Post,[4] Metro,[5] BuzzFeed,[6] Mashable[7] and others regularly featuring articles on his latest work.

In October 2016, Fridman collaborated with Truth Initiative — a public health organization dedicated to smoking cessation.[8]

In January 2018, he was nominated for Shorty Awards in the "Weird" category.

He established the James Fridman Foundation[9] in December 2018 with a mission to help and support children and young people affected by social issues.

In March 2019, Fridman collaborated with online dating app Bumble to support the criminalization of unsolicited lewd photos, a campaign led by the Bumble Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd.

Fridman published Joy of Photoshop in 2021, with Welbeck Publishing.

References

  1. ↑ "This Designer Is Mocking Beauty Standards on Twitter in the awesomest Most Trolliest Way". Cosmopolitan.
  2. ↑ "A Photoshop guru is brilliantly altering these 'vain' photos". Telegraph.
  3. ↑ "A photoshop pro will alter your selfies in the most hilariously literal way". MTV.
  4. ↑ "Woman With Eating Disorder Asks Photoshop Pro To Make Her 'Pretty', He Responds In The Best Way". Huffington Post.
  5. ↑ "This graphic designer has been brilliantly trolling vain people's selfies". Metro.
  6. ↑ "This Artist Takes Photoshop Requests Literally And The Results Are Fucking Hilarious". BuzzFeed.
  7. ↑ "Designer fulfills people's Photoshop requests with a lighthearted twist". Mashable. 15 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Non-smokers earn 20% more than smokers". Twitter. James Fridman & The Truth.
  9. ↑ jamesfridmanfoundation.org
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