Cool or Creepy?

3 comments Miscellaneous

Mar 06

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.

http://techchicktips.net Anna

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.
http://ideasandthoughts.org Dean Shareski

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.
http://techchicktips.net Anna

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.