I know we havn't talked a lot about re-touching photos of guys... but here are two videos that I think illustrate this point well. How many girls read magazines and drool over the delicious eye-candy that are displayed in the pages? And how many girls have thought, "I wish there were more hot guys in our school."
What if the guys we're looking at don't really look like that?
Just the same as re-touching a girls' photo, these guys don't even look like their pictures.
What kind of message is this sending out to guys as well?
Not every girl is attracted to tan, gelled, and muscle-ridden men, who are sweaty and glaring at the camera. Just as girls fawn over unatainable feminine body-shapes, that are thin, toned and glowing, there are guys who feel they have to live up to the macho pictures in male magazines.
In the videos above, you see how photoshop can change a face so drastically, that it takes years off of people's faces. And the one guy gets tan, toned and builds muscle in 3 minutes. (I suggest skipping to near the end of the 2nd video, as it is a bit long). I think this is as much of an issue as re-touching women's photos, and should be adressed accordingly.
I really liked how you decided to write about photo retouching of men instead of women. A lot of the time all of the realistic image awareness is all focused in on girls.
ReplyDeleteJust something random I have noticed on the internet; have you ever seen those ads (which are probably just some sort of virus) saying 'GET RIPPED IN 2 WEEKS!JUST CLICK HERE!' and show a man's before and after of using this program? They show hes gone from being thin and maybe having a bit of flab, to completely toned and tons of muscle. It doesn't even look like the same person. These unrealistic images are litterly everywhere.
I totally agree.
ReplyDeleteJust as there are pop-ups about female 'slimming' programs, there are equally as many programs for guys about bulking up!