Interesting site found by Radfemfl

[cally]

This is a site showing how the advertisers retouch photos of models. I found it fascinating that almost every woman had her breasts retouched in the photograph. So, not only do models often 'need' breast enlargement but they need retouching to further enlarge the breast. :eyes: We really have a sick society.

Here's the site:
http://glennferon.com.nyud.net:8090/portfolio1/index.html

Found the site in this thread which is pretty crazy for the most part:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4481008&mesg_id=4481511

[Samurai_Writer]

1. Thanks for posting that!

I was going to, honest, but with the hurricane going on it slipped my mind. Some background...

I'm a BBW model. Another BBW model, who is my best friend, sent me that link. Even in BBW modeling there is SOME retouching of photos, but not to this degree!

What I found most interesting is while most had their breasts (and in some cases, their asses) enhanced, nearly every photo ALSO thinned out waists and stomachs. If you move your mouse back and forth over some of the photos, they look like their breathing.

Another thing I noticed, is that 'perfect, flawless hair' and 'smooth complexion' of models -- don't exist. It's all retouched. Some of those models had huge, dark circles under their eyes, and their hair not that shiny or smooth. also, a LOT of them had to have their faces and collarbones filled in with some flesh so they didn't look like skeletons.

As a model myself, I was interested in the techniques used (I mean, I would LOVE to get rid of my genetic dark circles beneath my eyes in photos without a TON of makeup!), but was really sickened at the amount of body sculpting done to these women. Also, the Dove 'real women' ads had JUST as much retouching done as these photos. Talk about hypocrisy.

One more thing I noticed -- even thin, beautiful women have cellulite. So women, don't be ashamed of having REAL bodies and REAL faces! Forget the media, selling totally fake beauty.

[cally]

2. The whole site fascinated me

Most had faces retouched. Lips enlarged, faces smoothed, eye makeup added. Almost none looked like I thought they did before the touchup. Even women who our society considers gorgeous are not perfect enough. I didn't notice the cellulite but I did notice the smoothing out of bones and muscles.

What concerns me most is that women and men start believing that this is what women look like. A woman can never be happy with her body if she thinks she should look like a made up image. The one man they had was barely altered. Few men could look like him but still he wasn't changed all that much.

I'm glad you were OK with me posting that. :hi:

[alarcojon]

3. Really interesting!

Retouchers can change everything - breast size, eye color, hair shininess, smoothness of complexion, waist size, cellulite, and on and on.

Then real, honest to goodness women are expected to compete with these images in the land of the male gaze.

I think it was in "The Beauty Myth" that I read (maybe 12 years ago or so) that porn magazines have been enhancing the "assets" of their models through airbrushing and digital means since at least the early 90's. The pressure on women to have a "perfect" appearance intensifies with the computerized competition.