Truth in Photos
I looked at most of those air brushed photos, honestly I liked most of them better before the air brushing. They look too enhanced. Some are convincing enough to make people believe that the models do not have blemishes, cellulite etc. I think that people have to be aware that those pictures you see in a magazine are not reality, they are selling a fantasy.
posted by lindsay @ 1:14 a.m.
2 Comments:
I agree that they are selling a fantasy but I think that is what sells so that is why they sell it. Why would people who make these photos try to market and sell something that people don't wanna see? The world is not about whats ugly but what is beautiful instead (in terms of marketing and selling things). If they were to leave the photos in their original unadulterated state then they would not be too appealing at all, and I highly doubt people would even give them a second glance.
In regards to Matt's comment:
A lot of advertisments trying to re-direct their ads to today's society . For an example Dove commercials and Dove ads in magazines you will find fuller figured women (as some may say but really they are average) in their underwear. These ladies are not all dolled up with hair and makeup, they are just looking like the girl next door. Now this may have motivated some buyers in purchasing such as myself b/c I am so anti-model and know that buying the product won't make me look like that model. However, an argument could be that no one will buy "fat" people products as they may visualize themselves as becoming "fat" and therefore won't purchase Dove, for an example.
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