Real Retouching

Carrie graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1982 with a BFA in Painting. She moved to NY and began painting and showing her work there and in Europe and the Caribbean throughout the 80's and 90's before going digital, taking off a year to intensively study Photoshop and high-end retouching. Carrie began retouching professionally in 2000 and moved quickly into high-end ad retouching. In 2005 she formed her own retouching house, Otto Imaging, LLC and now retouches for fashion and beauty advertising through Otto and CarrieNYC (www.carrienyc.com). Carrie has retouched for MAC, Revlon, Maybelline, Elizabeth Arden, L'Oreal, Chantecaille, DEVA, Shape Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, Glamour, Vogue, W, OK Magazine, Paper, V magazine, Vanity Fair, ID, Allure, Arena and more. Carrie teaches in the MPS Digital Photography Department at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Her classes include Beauty Retouching and the Business of Professional Retouching. Her speaking and training engagements include PhotoPlus, RetouchPRO and PhotoshopPro webcasts, and frequent visiting artist lectures at the School of Visual Arts.