One of the wonderful things about the internet news cycle is the way it will occasionally spit back up forgotten gems. Take for example, this 2008 Harpers Bazaar shoot by Peter Lindbergh which depicts classic beauty Julianne Moore as various classical artworks.

The editorial has been further improved by the image researching skills of Tumblenerd, who have matched each Moore shot up with its piece of origin.

While the project is, in and of itself, a lovely little look through both art history, and Moore's skills as an actress - even when frozen in frame - there is one other thing we noted about the four year old images. Compared to some of Moore's more recent editorials (the woman is, after all, a fashion darling) in these shots she's looking a lot more, shall we say, natural.

There's a lot of talk about the reliance on (and over use of) retouching lately, and when you contrast these images , which are only a few years old, to the smoothness of current offerings, you can kind of see the Photoshop fighters' point.

Yes, the four-years-younger Moore of the Lindbergh editorial has skin that is, while still perfect porcelain, not utterly, characterlessly, mannequin-lineless, but if anything that adds to the character and beauty of the photographs. Looking at some of her later portraits, where she could be anywhere from sixteen to sixty for all her expression lines tell us, we can't help put feel something has been lost in post production.

Via FlavourWire