Photo editing, airbrushing are all wonderful tools. But they do raise questions of self-image.
“Somewhere between “can we eliminate the red-eye effect?” and “let’s reshape the way your face looks,” we’ve crossed the line into creepy territory.”
After living with 4 females who watch their share of “What not to Wear”, “Beauty and the Geek”, I don’t know what to think.
Yeah, when you start altering bone structure, I think it’s gone too far. For me, red eye is a given because that’s not how you really look, and then anything that you could have done with makeup before the picture is cool – covering blemishes, circles under the eyes, big zits.
I’m sure you’ve seen the Dove Revolution ad, no? THAT’S making a statement about beauty! Wow! I THINK this is the link to it (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U) but YouTube is blocked in my district and I’m at work so I can’t check just yet. If it’s the one I’m thinking of – the time lapse on a model getting made up and then the photograph being photoshopped – it’s a great conversation starter teens trying to be pretty.
I have seen it and I think we need to continue to have hard discussions with particularly our girls; but likely boys are almost as affected by the ever growing vanity movement.
Definitely with the boys, too. The reaction boys get to that video is COOL they made her prettier. The girls realize they’re getting a raw deal. I know they’re still ads, but I do like what Dove is trying to do.