Monday, November 24, 2014

Purple, electric, cold

Purple

Cold

Electric


Fashion

Dove Evolution video:
1. The changes made in the first video on the model was she got her make-up and hair done then took the photo shoot. Now having the pictures, they went into photo shop and slimmed her body down, made her eyes bigger, elongated her neck, and raised her cheek and eyebrow bones.

Body Evolution:
2. Changes made:
eyes were enlarged
made skin lighter
slimmed her body
made legs longer
raised her eyebrows
cleared her skin
slimmed her face
highlighted her face

Crazy photo shop skills!
Changes:
3. The model was totally changed into a different person by making her super skinny
"growing" her hair
changed her face shape
made legs longer

Answers to questions:
4. No I do not think it is acceptable to completely change a person's appearance just to be "accepted" into what we call a perfect world when we all know that we are far from perfect. People try to manipulate young women into thinking that this is the way that we have to look in order to be "beautiful."
5. I definitely agree that in other countries photoshop is used more than others whether it be because of body shape or facial features but each country has a different perception of beauty and photoshop may be used more or less to achieve their type of beauty.
6. Changes like clearing the skin and doing other minor changes are okay but when to take a women or man and completely change them into a different person, like changing their body shape and face shape, then it becomes a problem.
7. Fashion photography has very different differences next to photojournalism because photojournalism is more in the moment and "this is what is happening now" where Fashion photography has a lot of behind the scenes that people don't normally see when companies post the picture days or weeks after they took the photo.
8. Each type of photography has a different relationship to reality whether it being manipulating reality or giving people reality the way it is. Some places try to change the reality that is happening to not make it see that bad.
9. Showing us these videos has allowed us to see what really goes into making a magazine cover, picture, or any other publishing company and not just taking a photo and publishing it.
10. All the videos are women because we as women somehow always have to "please" men by having this perfect body and change ourselves just to fit into their picture of a "perfect girl" when men on the other hand are not subjected to change.