Controversial Excessive Photoshop Retouching

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Comment by Fireblyss on May 24, 2009 at 5:31pm

I wish I could get hired with a magazine to do this! I LOVE morphing people into perfection!

Comment by sundesigns on December 8, 2008 at 12:03am

Using Photoshop or any photo retouching software isn't a bad thing when is done in moderation. However when people completely change the photo, it changes tends to lie to the audience about how a certain place or person looks. But if this happens is because people want to see it.

Comment by Patrick on December 7, 2008 at 11:02pm

I think its fine, the model got her cut, the photographer got theirs and the magazine sold copies. If a person doesn't want their photos manipulated don't sell the copyrights to the photo or a limited usage agreement. Someone pay me $5k for a photo they can do what ever they want to it.

Comment by KelleyJo Bruenning on December 7, 2008 at 10:36pm

Photoshopping a photo isn't necessarily a BAD thing. When done in moderation. Photoshop itself is a type of art form, but when you manipulate a photo too much you tend to abscure the trueness of it. With people, photoshop itself can become a "disease" as society has made "beauty" a very stereotype of itself. "Beauty" is considered to be thin, smooth, and perfect... however, there are many things about a natural persons features that make them beautiful.

The above picture, the models hair was beautiful to begin with, her features of her body were beautiful as well, however because society deems that thinner is better, this is the result.

Maybe I'm just jealous... lol

Comment by haly on December 5, 2008 at 9:47pm

Good work

Comment by MJL-Jordan on December 5, 2008 at 3:39pm

its NOT Russia I think , probably Greece
- well, I havnt such problems becouse almost 100 % of my photos are without any postproc. manipulations
:-)
to say the true I dont understand WHY people are doing that
- PhotoShop it is NOT the same as DarkRoom

Comment by Sean on December 4, 2008 at 6:25pm

I don't think the skin is the controversial part. I think it is the unreal proportions...look at her leg and how thin they made it, her waist/back, her upper arm, and her face has become a mask. Hence why Meg Ryan looks the way she does now...sad

Comment by John Milleker on December 2, 2008 at 1:58pm

There's much worse out there, this one isn't TOO bad. Until we stop obsessing over porcelain skinned touch ups like these this will keep happening. It's a vicious cycle, women in magazines are abnormally perfect and give us unrealistic views, clients come into the studio wanting the same treatment. Rinse and repeat.