a verb that describes the act of image modification. In it's earliest form, "Guildfording" was a term used to describe "image withdrawal". During the Renaissance period, artists such as Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), scraped away the unwanted bits of their frescoes with basic palette knives or sweat-soaked rags. "Guildfordisimo" was soon thereafter established on the streets of Tuscany as the colloquial term used to describe "a change of thought". In Florence, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) felt the pangs of artistic oppression when he was told to,"Guildfordo quella pittura".

Almost 500 years later, this term is still in use in the field of digital imagery. Some of the greatest commercial photographers in the world have published books on the subject of "guildfordization" and "guilfordry", forever embedding this word into the hearts and jargon of artists and photographers world-wide.

a verb that describes the act of altering images. In it's earliest form, the "Guildford Technique" was a term used to describe the act of "image withdrawal". During the Renaissance period, artists such as Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), scraped away unwanted bits of their frescoes with a basic palette knives or sweat-soaked rags. "Guildfordisimo" was soon thereafter established on the streets of Tuscany as the colloquial term used to describe "a change of thought". In Florence, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) felt the pangs of artistic oppression when he was told to "Guildfordo quella pittura".

Almost 500 years later, this term is still in use in the field of digital imagery. Some of the greatest commercial photographers in the world have published books on the subject of "guildfordization" and "guilfordry", forever embedding this word in the hearts and jargon of artists and photographers world-wide.