http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oosWNHzSEE
I was always interested in Photoshop and photography as I was growing up. I was aware that the photos seen in magazines and other media were always altered to some level in order for the photo to fit the "beauty myth", but I was not aware of the extend some graphics artists went to in order to do so. After learning more about the beauty myth and watching the Dove commercial in class, I was interested in learning more. I found this short video clip online that takes a plus size model and transforms her to fit the ideal image by taking inches upon inches off of her thighs, covering up her rolls, and enhancing her butt and bust. Not only did these transformations occur, other alterations such as change in skin tone, skin complexion, and even hair color took place.
The original plus size model was gorgeous as she was. By changing basically every aspect of her body, they were able to make her fit the ideal look for women nowadays. This video shows that it is nearly impossible to meet the beauty standards society has set. I believe more people need to become aware of how much transformation actually takes places in order to "make" a model. If more individuals are aware of this, people will eventually begin to realize that our standards are unrealistic, which could essentially prevent women from developing low self esteem and eating disorders in the long run. Any thoughts?
-Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_I17cK1ltY
ReplyDeleteI found this video on photoshop for men. I guess whenever I think about the beauty image ideal only women come to mind, but adds are changing the look of men just as much as they do women. They add muscles to this man, elongage his face and change his jaw line. It is adds like these that are putting pressure on individuals to have an 'ideal' body, but in reality there is NO NEED for people to look this way.
I also found this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Ajvix6DXs&feature=endscreen&NR=1
All of the adds shown are not reality. One of the examples given really hit home for me. It says that the average model is 5'11" and 117 lbs. I am the same weight and only 5'4". That is rediculous and mind blowing that someone can be so thin. The other points that stood out to me were how 1 in every 4 college aged girls have an eating disorder. Some many girls my age feel this pressure to be pretty, popular and thin in college so they can fit in and guys will like them. There is no need to try to adapt this look because a guy should like you for who you are and not if you are the same weight as a supermodel. Plus, even the models we see in the magazines aren't even them, they are ALL photoshoped. I hope girls eventually get this point and no longer hurt their bodies to look the way society is told to look.
That rant was by Kasey D'Annibale :)
DeleteI agree with you when you made the point on how models are so detailed and photo shopped when you see them in magazines, that young girls don't even stand a chance of obtaining this image. The media makes us as consumers want that ideal image and the ideal life that they themselves have constructed. An image and life that are as imaginary as are dreams. However they put these images all over the television and all over buildings and buses, that it feels real and it feels so close that we can almost reach and grab it. I feel that if we don't start sorting out the real from the imaginary, that we will forever be stuck in a never ending loop of trying to perfect our bodies and our faces to the ideal body figure and image of what beauty is. When will we realize that no one defines beauty but us. We are beautiful in what ever shape we come in, in what ever size we come in, and in what ever color we may come in. A wise woman once said that beauty is in the eyes of the holder.
DeleteI watched Carter's video above from youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oosWNHzSEE Talking about the beauty myth gets me now watching that and also our discussions we had in class. It is so unreal and unbelievable what these people can do to photo shop these pictures. It totally changes them and doesn't even look like themselves. Girls who try to be the "ideal girl" is so unrealistic. What is the "ideal girl" supposed to even look like? What is perfect? Tall, skinny, tan, curves, long legs, etc. YEAH RIGHT! Many girls/women are beautiful in many ways and causes so much damage to themselves trying to be this beauty queen. I do not believe in getting up super early each day getting dressed up, make up, hair done, nails done, etc to try to become this "ideal girl". Girls/women are too damn worried about what others will think and is going to make them crazy, insecure, fake, and cause weight problems trying to become super thin. Yes, on the weekends when friends or family all going out or a party its fun to get dressed up and get dolled up but not to try and reach a "goal" of changing yourself to meet the requirements of this "ideal girl".
ReplyDeleteBrittany Strigle
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI am doing my paper on Self-image and found your blog to fit in extremely well. I have always been into photography/photoshop just to change lighting, crop, and colorize. I would never imagine elongating a person or chopping off inches with the click of a button! I also think it is extremely difficult for women as a group to realize this misconception because so many girls don't realize it exists. I know that many girls absent-mindedly flip through magazines and find themselves wondering, why can't I look like that? I don't think they take the next step to question, how do they look like that? If they did this I think they would realize the "ideal" girl that your speaking of doesn't actually exist. I also agree that women are extremely worried about what others think -- and I think this is because we are socialized to "look good" for the opposite sex. Most females feed off of compliments from others and I just don't understand why.