Thursday, December 3, 2015

Fashion Photography

First video:
     - The models lips, nose and eyes were moved down.
     - Her neck was elongated and made thinner.
     - Her eyebrows were arched further up.
     - Her eyes were made bigger.
     - Her temples were made slimmer.
     - Her hair was made longer and more voluminous.
     - Her face was made into more of a heart shape rather than a square shape.

Second video:
     - Her eyes and other facial features were made bigger.
     - Her legs were elongated and made slimmer.
     - Her neck was slimmed and made longer.
     - Her hair and skin was colored to be lighter.

Third video:
      - Her entire body was made much slimmer, and any stretch marks and wrinkles were blurred over.
      - Her head was made smaller.
      - She was given longer hair.
      - Her hand was made smaller.
      - Her skin was made to look rosier and pinker.

Questions:
      4. In my opinion, it is not ethical to photoshop a person's appearance to look so different. By the end of most of the videos, the models looked like completely different people. These changes to make someone look prettier can not only affect those models perception of themselves and their self esteem, but also alters society and everyone who views those photo's perception of beauty.
     5. I think that it's only morally right when the model themselves really wants one part of them changed. Unless she actually requests it, then I don't think it's okay.
     6. Again, unless the model requests a part of them changed, then I don't think it's okay to do any manipulation.
     7. Photojournalism tells a story with pictures, whereas fashion photography only shows a person or a topic, and doesn't really show the whole story.
     8. In photojournalism, when someone manipulates a picture, it can cost them their jobs. Because of this, photojournalism photography is usually true to reality. On the other hand, in fashion photography, photographers and editors are encouraged to edit and manipulate their photos, resulting in fashion photography usually not being like real life.
     9. You're showing us these videos to show us what the fashion journalism industry is like, and to discourage us from manipulating our pictures like this.
    10. None of the videos are about guys because society accepts guys for what they truly look like, and then turn around and tell girls to change themselves for men and society and use makeup, and even when girls change themselves to the best of their ability, they're still put into photoshop to look even more different.

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