I don't think it's "morphed", but the length of the photo is compressed making things look shorter and larger.
I'd say that qualifies as morphed to me.
But anyway, back to the topic at hand, I remember Nasser being on the first Flex magazine cover that I ever bought, I think it was in 1999. He looked great, a big guy that still had a pretty streamlined midsection, at least compared to a lot of guys at the same bodyweight today.