Mermaid M stealing famous photos for personal gain

[AniaR]

I was going to put this in the bitch section but I decided to rant about it here. It's been brought up before that Melissa has taken famous photos and photoshopped herself into them. It makes her look like she's doing things she hasn't actually done. It's purposefully misleading to clients, and it's stealing from other artists, along with their photo campaigns. She removes their watermark and puts her own watermark on them. I was ranting about this on FB so I thought I'd rant here too.

Here's some examples of what I take issue with:



The above image is featured on their FB, (https://www.facebook.com/MermaidMeli...type=3&theater ) her youtube, and until I posted my FB rant it was on their website. (I assume she's following my posts about it and took it down) it's one of the first things to pop up if you google her.

This is the original image:


The sad thing is not only is it stealing from another artist, making people think she swam with an elephant... it's taking viewers away from the actual story and cause for this elephant which can be seen here:
http://undiscoveredindiantreasures.b...-swimming.html

She claims to care about animals but doesn't mind exploiting an actual cause for personal gain. :/

Next up is this one:



very clearly photoshopped which drives me nuts. Mermaids have trained hard and worked hard to swim with whale sharks. It's not cool to just fake that. Here's the original



Yeah let's just erase the guy in the photo


Then we have this one:


Which is very clearly photoshopped upon full view, but the website has them all thumbnail. It's from the same series where this one was done, http://mermaidmelissallc.deviantart....ater-275221364 and https://scontent-b-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/...e3&oe=54E9501C

I *do* think it hurts us all in the end when mermaids fake accomplishments. It sets a distorted precedent of what's 'normal' and what professionals should be able to do. I think it harms us all in the end especially when a person gets caught in it, then it reflects on everyone. It's better to stick to what you do know, can offer, and have really done IMO

NOT TO MENTION COPYRIGHT THEFT UGH. Illegal. And intentionally misleading = false advertising.

She's not going to listen to me though, so if it bothers you the way it bothers me consider sending her an email and letting her know her fans don't like her stealing other people's photos and acting like she's done something she hasnt.