# Pascal Dangin

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{{Short description|American artist}}
'''Pascal Dangin''' ({{IPA|fr|pa.skal dɑ̃.ʒɛ̃}}) is a digital artist associated with [retouching](/source/Photo_manipulation) fashion photographs. He is the founder and chief executive of Box, a photo retouching business based in New York, United States.

==Early years==
In his youth, Dangin lived in small towns in [Corsica](/source/Corsica) with his family. His parents were musically talented yet Dangin was indifferent to music. Dangin had two sisters and a ''“tumultuous, itinerant childhood, which he does not like to recall”''  (Collins).

Before he turned fifteen, Dangin left home and worked as a shampoo boy in a no-name salon in Paris’s Fifteenth [Arrondissement](/source/Arrondissement). Dangin was drafted by the [French Army](/source/French_Army) and after serving for three months, was discharged and returned to Paris to continue his work as a [hairdresser](/source/hairdresser).

Dangin moved to America in 1989, leaving Paris on New Year’s Day. While doing hair for [photo shoots](/source/photo_shoots) in New York, he became interested in the connection between cameras and computers. In 1993, Dangin  accepted his first paid retouching job.

== The Photo Whisperer ==
Pascal Dangin is sometimes called the "Photo Whisperer". He has been dubbed the ''"premier retoucher of fashion photographs"'' ("Final Fantasy"). Dangin is known in the fashion world as a [Digital artist](/source/Digital_artist), editing shots that have appeared in [Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)) and [Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine)) ("Pascal Dangin").

==Box==
Dangin is the founder and CEO of Box Studios, where he leads a team of 40 photo post-production experts doing work for major magazines, photographers, and ad agencies. Photo projects range in revenue from $500 for a small photo to $20,000 for the cover of a major magazine.

== References ==
* {{cite news |last=Collins |first=Laura |title=Pixel Perfect |publisher= The New Yorker  |date=12 May  2008 |accessdate=15 July 2008| url= http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_collins?currentPage=all}}
* {{cite web |title=Dove’s Statement on Retouched Real Beauty Photos |date=May 9, 2008 |accessdate=June 7, 2008 |url= http://feedfury.com/content/15931946-dove_s_statement_on_retouched_real_beauty_photos.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130123043058/http://feedfury.com/content/15931946-dove_s_statement_on_retouched_real_beauty_photos.html |url-status= usurped |archive-date= January 23, 2013 |publisher=Feedfury.com}}
* {{cite web |title=Final Fantasy-Pascal Dangin is The Photo Whisper |date=May 9, 2008 |accessdate=June 30, 2008 |url=http://www.bookofjoe.com/2008/05/09/index.html |publisher=[bookofjoe](/source/Joseph_A._Stirt)}}
* {{cite web |last=Harris |first=Misty |title=Popcultini |date=June 5, 2008 |accessdate=July 7, 2008 |publisher=Popcultini.blogspot.com |url= https://popcultini.blogspot.com/2008/05/photo-whisperer.html}}
*{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Josh |title=Profiles in Self Education: Pascal Dangin |publisher=Personalmba.com |date=May 9, 2008 |accessdate=June 29, 2008 |url=http://personalmba.com/profiles-in-self-education/pascal-dangin |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705035402/http://personalmba.com/profiles-in-self-education/pascal-dangin/ |archivedate=July 5, 2008 }}
* {{cite web |title= Pascal Dangin Biography |date= June 29, 2008 |url= http://www.tokion.com/creativitynow/SPEAKER%20BIO/dangin.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071116112148/http://www.tokion.com/creativitynow/SPEAKER%20BIO/dangin.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 16, 2007 |publisher= Tokion.com }}
* {{cite web |title=Pascal Dangin |date=July 2, 2008 |url=http://www.brijit.com/subject/35568/pascal-dangin |publisher=Brijit.com }}
* {{cite web |title=Pascal Dangin: The master manipulator |date=May 18, 2008 |access-date=June 30, 2008 |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article3953925.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719232307/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article3953925.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2008 |publisher=[The Times](/source/The_Times)}}

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