Celebrity Photo Touch-ups ( Archived) (15)

We were discussing this in my Photoshop class this week and I wanted to see what your views were on this. Many, if not all, pictures in magazines have been photoshoped in some way. Its pretty amazing what can be done to make a persons skin look flawless or wrinkle free. A person can even be made to look like they have lost a significant amount of weight.


What are your views on this? Is it ok to be making these women look thinner and flawless? Basically perfect? What message is this sending to young girls who think that these women really look like this?


I'm including some websites you can take a look at to see some of the before and after pictures.

"ideals" have been around since the beginning of time. I don't think anything about them. Given the time, money, most could look like them. Take their time and money away and most would look general.

There is a given though, and it is an evil one, but I will share it with you. Those "beauties" shall get older, and the more shallow they are, the harder it will be on them. Case in point, Brooke Shields crying about her wrinkles

I would look like myself on any given day, age as gracefully as naturally possible, and embrace what I have-on the inside as well as outside. If a man wants a modelesque woman, far be it from me to care, or fret. To each his own.

As far as younger people, it is up to their parents to teach them at an early age that what they look like and who they are are exactly who they should be. Teach them self esteem. ~~jmo

I think sometimes maybe most times when these "celebrities" go beserk on photographers is because they actually have been caught without their "Celebrity Face" on...
another reason those "BUG EYE" sunglasses will never go out of style.

hello. i dont care about the touchups because i wasnt raised to idolize celebrities. i like to look at magazines for clothes and makeup ideas. i dont compare myself to them. that is so silly.

It was in my advertising class we looked at the photo touch-ups, and in my photo-shop where we learned how to do it.
I disagree with it. I have seen absolutley great looking people just outside walking in the parks.
It doesn't make sense that we continue to follow a media ideal.
Funny thing, the media ideal is a creation of not only advertisers trying to sell creams and cures to aging, but our own populace.
It a circle.
We are told what beauty is by the media, then we expect to see that same beauty in our media, so the media tells us.
Although, (very slowly) we as a people are breaking free of those old ideals.
I'd rather see more real people then supposed enhanced model.
I will never look like them, and I'm glad for it.
I don't want to feel less of a person because I cannot have flawless skin and fit into a 0.

Who cares,most celebrities are on plastic anyways.

This is what I got when I went to the Ellen site...no pics..



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