Lately I've been hearing stories of photo re-touching designed not to make models and actresses look thinner, but to hide their emaciation. Below is an example featuring Cameron Diaz:
The story, in the Telegraph, includes the following description of the image's manipulation:
Face: Cheeks appear filled out
Bust: Levelled
Thighs: Wider in the picture on the right
Hip: The bony definition has been smoothed away
Stomach: A fuller, more natural look
Arms: A bit more bulk in the arms and shoulders
2 comments:
April 16, 2008 at 4:50 AM
This is pernicious in the case of celebrities and those in the eye of the general public.
What really bothers me is this
http://naturalbeautiescontest.homestead.com/retouchc.html
I look through these and can only think to myself, do we really need to remove all shed of a soul from these kids?
April 29, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Oh wow. The photographers for my high school's senior portraits offered touch-ups for acne problems or braces, which seemed odd to me at the time. In retrospect, that's a once in a lifetime photo shoot frozen forever in the yearbook that everyone whose opinions mattered *so* much at the time will keep forever. So I can see how some 17-18 year olds would go for it. But really? Since when are fake eyelashes and drool-removal for your infant considered "A more natural look" as advertised?
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