As you can see above there are two pictures of the same man, one has been edited and one is the original. He has a visible small scratch on the top off his head, and a tiny red mark next to his nose. After the photo had been edited, both marks were gone, his skin was alot smoother and his eyes have changed colour, from green to a blue. Because this photo has been edited, but has it changed the person? hes no longer the guy with the scratch on his head, as its been edited out.
The use of Photoshop is used worldwide in almost every magazine the models will off been edited in some way, for example slicker and smoother skin, less or even no dimples or spots, skinner and also sometimes prettier, but real beauty is not edited.Surely fashion photography should be all about showing the latest collection and advertising different companies? No matter what size or colour you are you should be able to model without being edited. Fashion photography is about creating everything infront off the camera and catching natural beauty,
This woman to your left is classed as a plus size model but in fact shes one dress size under the average size for women in the U.K, shes a size 14. In the U.K with obesity slowly growing the average dress size for women has increased to a size 16 in almost 2 years.
Many people think that you only see size 0 models on catwalks but many highstreet shops are currently using size 0 models to advertise their clothes with, for example Topshop. When Topshop decided to upload this photo off Codie Young it triggered a furious response from eating disorder campaigners and it was soon removed, only to be replaced by another photo of the same model, looking only marginally healthier. Its been noted that Topshop are selling size four clothes in many of their stores, which implies that being a size 4 is healthy. Topshop needs to take some responsibility and use healthy models.In my opinion i dont think that fashion magazines should edit their photo's, i believe that the models that they put in there should be unedited and a natural size.
Unit 57.1 Grade Merit:
ReplyDeleteYou have explained the main photographic applications, contexts and the associated techniques in relation to past and contemporary photographic practice; you have used for the most part clear and accurate language
and appropriate technical vocabulary. Your work shows clear reference to a range of detailed illustrative examples in each case.
To obtain a Distinction grade you would need to fully justify the points you make, and develop ideas critically (that is, compare, assess and discriminate) and draw out of an example precisely what it is about it that proves the point you are trying illustrate.