Oh me, oh my! Let's take a closer look, shall we? As we analyze the 'before' picture of aging pop sensation Madonna, she looks like Gollum from Lord of the Rings. Horribly pale, wrinkles and vanes everywhere, definately a site that no one wants to see on a billboard or in a magazine. Then, take a look at the before and after, not so 'Gollum' like, right? There are no more wrinkles, therefore taking years off her, her face is now contoured to appear that her face is slender, the lighting has changed so the saturation and contrast is higher, to give her more of a healthy, younger glow rather than her scary, unhealthy looking before picture. Photoshop has revolutionized our earth giving every person on a computer to re-vamp themselves to let them or another person to look any way they want. Crazy. This gives us the impression that celebrities and models are perfect, and always look like this. When we take a look at advertisements we blur out the word "photoshop" from our mind because physical beauty is the only thing on our mind. We need to accept the fact that no one is perfect, not even makeup can fix the fact that she's aging and losing her young lively self from the 70's and 80's.
Our next contestant, Jessica Alba. Known as one of the hottest actress' around. Even she needs several of touch ups to put her up to the medias standards. In the after shot you can see that they got rid of her premature camel toe, slimmed out her legs, hips, well her whole entire body. Yeah, even the skinny Jessica Alba apparently needs to be even more skinny than she already is, that's ridiculous. The lighting has changed to give her more of a glow, and they gave her more of a tan to make her less pale. Her posture changed, obviously, since a slouchy lean is not sexy, and made her hair appear as it was being blown by the wind because well still hair to the medias eyes just isn't hot enough. Photoshop will drive us bizzurk! Giving us the impression that it's possible to look like this constantly? Us average girls on earth have head aches and can only dream about looking like this when we really shouldn't. It's bothersome when company's photoshop pictures to look a certain way, telling us and even stars that we need re-touching and fixing up. Inner beauty is what counts. Ciao for now!
2 comments:
Hey kendra, I totally agree with everything you said here. If the fifty year olds that say they "wish they looked as youthful as Madonna" see the REAL unphotoshopped her, then they won't be saying that anymore! These stars could be walking in looking like a total mess and end up looking like superstars when the pictures go out to print. They're really twisting up what beauty is.
I agree witchu kendra! i dont understand why people have to set up a standard for women when they know not everyone can reach it. i feel that everyone can look good, regardless of photoshop or the 10 pounds of makeup. yeah yeah, inner beauty. stars aent so pretty without their music, so all they GOT is inner beauty without the makeup, and producers need to know makeup and photoshop isnt the only solution.
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