the sentimental curmudgeon ([info]curmudgeon) wrote,
2005-07-20 12:57:00
Visit photographer Glenn Feron's web site to learn how retouching makes plain women pretty, pretty women gorgeous, and curvy women preposterously pneumatic.

Even before retouching, Halle Berry looks pretty damn good. But a little Photoshop works wonders on the best of us.

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[info]inkbot

July 20 2005, 20:17:59 UTC 6 years ago

i nabbed and forwarded. very interesting! if only a photoshopped version of myself could roam the streets--not!

[info]curmudgeon

July 20 2005, 20:23:09 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, a professionally styled, artfully lit, Photoshopped version of me would be HOTT.

[info]eleanor

July 20 2005, 20:27:10 UTC 6 years ago

That's it. I want to be retouched before big dates and important interviews.

[info]_lj_sucks_

July 20 2005, 21:24:19 UTC 6 years ago

Here's another example.

Of course, you can take retouching much too far.

Personally, I find the whole thing really insidious. It does, after all, make the photograph a big fat deliberate lie, intended to deceive. And that's before we even start to talk about eating disorders.

I saw a great web site once where people took photos of famous stars from magazines, and Photoshopped them again, adding blemishes and fat back again to produce a more realistic look.

[info]curmudgeon

July 20 2005, 22:16:02 UTC 6 years ago

That second one: freakishly! big! eyes! It looks like the photographer just cut-and-pasted the same 2 or 3 pairs of eyes onto every face. Nightmarish.

[info]roadnotes

July 20 2005, 22:20:08 UTC 6 years ago

Hmmmm. Airbrushing before special events...?
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