tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013338011969020619.post6228663430687554664..comments2023-11-05T01:51:40.947-06:00Comments on Digitally Beautiful - The Deceptive World of Photo Retouching: Healthy Weight Loss?Daniel Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05676007470143937615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013338011969020619.post-79222782409528309792009-12-10T22:07:27.912-06:002009-12-10T22:07:27.912-06:00Thank you for your comments!
I believe everyone h...Thank you for your comments!<br /><br />I believe everyone has a different view of beauty. There is a certain artistic merit to what retouchers create. The problem, as I see it, is that these photographs are present as real beauty, rather than imagined versions of beauty; thus the importance of an awareness campaign.Daniel Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676007470143937615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013338011969020619.post-34476988137991959792009-12-09T01:34:55.722-06:002009-12-09T01:34:55.722-06:00I would say beauty is within all of us and is some...I would say beauty is within all of us and is something very real. Retouching to the point of non-recognition seems to be masking our true, human beauty. And i think most people would say the same thing. <br /><br />However, when it comes down to saying, who is the most beautiful? We begin to rate qualities that we find more appealing in people. I feel this is natural. However, its at this point that practices like retouching elaborate these qualities, so much so that they are mere figments of what was actually true and human. <br /><br />A bit of rambling, i know...but thats a hard question!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013338011969020619.post-6319505909586267522009-12-08T23:48:30.448-06:002009-12-08T23:48:30.448-06:00This whole project is so interesting. I think the ...This whole project is so interesting. I think the underlying question to this whole problem is: what is beauty? Can every person be beautiful? If so, then beauty becomes ordinary, and every person will want to stand out again.<br /><br />As a graduate student in both Communication and Photography, body image and consumption issues have been my topic of study for years and I feel that this is an extremely complex issue. As a photographer, I value photoshopping. I'm more concerned with body size acceptance than with showing quality of skin. So I do use this software to thin lines and fade wrinkles, but not to shrink bodies. But I can use this software on any person, not only celebrities, so does it not have the ability to empower women to see themselves looking just like celebrities?<br /><br />The problem with body image acceptance issues is that they are so complicated, but this site offers a valuable view at the variety of issues related to photoshopping. I think each one of these topics could constitute an entire thesis. <br /><br />But I would love to see a proposed answer to the question "What is beauty?" I think that is the starting point for an answer to these issues.Lou Herouthttp://www.klouphotography.comnoreply@blogger.com