The article “Our Photoshopping Disorder” by Erin Cunningham is an article based on negative aspects of photoshopping and the impacts it has on mental health, mainly in young girls. As a woman in todays society dealing with the never-ending struggle to live up to an unrealistic image that are published in the media, it can turn into an obsessive, harmful mental disease. With that being said, it was very admirable to read that Seth Matlins decided to up and quit his job to better focus on bettering the world for his daughter. Matlins said he was worried about the hurdles “that can leap out and get in the way of a little girl trying to grow up happy and trying to becoming a sustainably happy woman” (215). Since Matlins realization of the effects
“People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder,” according to Salma Hayek. Society should have a positive outlook on body image, rather than face a disorder that can change one’s whole life. Negative body image can result from the media, with photoshop and editing, celebrity fad diets, and society’s look at the perfect image. Negative body image can lead to dangerous eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia. It can also take a risk to unhealthy habits, such as smoking, alcohol, and drugs. It is important to stress the effects of body image, because the world still struggles with this today. Society should not be affected by media, disorders, and pressure by making unhealthy choices and having a negative outlook on body image.
As I enter the Gioconda and Joseph King Gallery at the Norton Museum of Art the first thing that Caught my attention was a painting measuring approximately at 4 ft. by 10 ft. on the side wall in a well- light area. As I further examine the painting the first thing I notice is that it has super realism. It also has color, texture, implied space, stopped time, and that it is a representational piece. The foreign man sitting on the chair next to a bed has a disturbed look on his face and is deep into his own thoughts. It’s as if someone he loved dearly just experienced a tragic and untimely death. He is in early depression. I could feel the pain depicted in his eyes. A book titled The Unquiet Grave lying open on the floor by the unmade bed suggesting something is left unresolved. The scattered photos and papers by the bedside cause redintegration. The picture of Medusa’s head screaming on the headboard is a silent scream filled with anger and pain, yet it cannot be heard. I feel as if I am in the one sitting in the chair and I can feel the anger, and regret.
In the article entitled “Shutting Down Body Shaming,” the author Allison Abrams addresses how the media is negatively impacting body image. First, Abrams explains the different results of people especially women that suffer from a poor body image. These results included low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders. Abrams also points out a study that was in the Journal of Adolescent Health stating that “negative body image was determined to be a predictor of suicidal thoughts among college students.” Second, Abrams includes that France has a new law that can help calm this public issue happening in their country. This law makes it mandatory for any images in the media that have been tampered with to make models look thinner to label them as “retouched photos.” The reading also describes how Getty Images is doing something similar to France. Getty Images has officially banned the submission of images that have been modified to meet society’s needs of someone with a good body. In addition, Abrams continues to emphasize the reasons people have bad body images by putting a quote by naturopath and yoga therapist Dr. Lynn Anderson in the article. Dr. Anderson makes a brief statement stating that “we need to address the real issue, and that is mental health,
Throughout the recent years, Photoshop has become a widespread phenomenon amongst the world. With the rapidly developing inventions of camera’s and devices with cameras on them; posting pictures on social media has become extremely popular. Along with that, the pressure to appear perfect in said pictures has increased dramatically. Society has become exceedingly focused on the idea of perfect, and what perfect looks like. Especially now, with growing photo sharing phone applications such as Instagram, photo editing is becoming even more popular. Photoshop has proven to have many beneficial uses; however, it also has very negative consequences such as false perceptions, and misleading people.
When using Photoshop on a person to “perfect” the image the editors get quite drastic; in a recent cover for Rolling Stone Katy Perry was shown sitting on a bed in just a bra and underwear, seems like the average cover right? Well yes it is like every other magazine except this one had its pre-photoshop cover leaked as well. In the above picture we can see that the editors of this photoshop slimmed Katy down, enhanced her breasts, removed moles, made her skin look glossy, and even removed the sock on her right leg. Its this nit picking that causes harm to our society and to our communities. It seems as though everyday we hear of another young girl committing suicide because she felt worthless.
Imagine you are at home, watching TV. Flipping through the channels, you see a preview for next week’s episode of Toddlers & Tiara’s. They show the girls dressed in frilly, sparkly attire, fake teeth, fake hair, fake tans, and makeup that could transform their faces into someone in their 20’s. These children are usually misbehaving, disobedient, overdramatic and they are between the ages of four and six. Any person could see that this lifestyle is incredibly harmful to these children not just because of what it does to their appearance, but what happens when these little girls’ minds become tainted with the thoughts of needing to be beautiful and talented in order for people to like them.
The titles of my watercolor paintings are Frantic, and Relaxed. I chose these two emotions because I thought they contrast each other well. I chose the emotion or feeling frantic because I thought it would be fun, or to say the least, interesting to paint. I chose the feeling relaxed because It contrasted well with Frantic and the colors and paint would be a simple smooth paint. Franic means to be out of order and scrambling to get things done. Relaxed means to have nothing bothering you, and to be comfortable. I chose the colors midnight blue, turquoise, grey-purple, and lime green because I feel, if painted the right way they’ll represent both of the emotions I’m trying to portray correctly.
Pygmalion and The Makeover are stories that mirror each other. A person of low social class is taken from the streets and is taught to speak properly. A bet is made between a character with the last name Higgins and a character named Pickering that Higgins could not achieve this result. The stories are demonstrating the importance of education in a social situation. Pygmalion begins with a flower girl on the street caught in a rain storm.
The fashion industry is known for being controversial, sexualized, and for having exaggerated perceptions of beauty through visual means and through the use of photomanipulation. The resulting aesthetic is unattainable to everyday women, and this unattainability is crucial for the fashion industry to thrive. However, the resulting expectations and anxieties created in everyday women make some believe that significantly photoshopped images and advertisements should be labeled or banned. The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which media, specifically photoshop in fashion and advertising, plays a role in the development of body anxiety and eating disorders. It will look at a number of studies that evaluate the short and long term effects the media has on self perception and eating behaviors, each study listed going from least to most credible, based on the quality of the sample. It will review studies conducted on both sides of the issue to rationally decide whether or not body anxiety and eating disorders can be credited to media
A collage is any Images of words, pictures, Items, quotes that are put together/ combined to express about yourself or anything. The subject of my collage is about ourselves. The first step I did to start my collage is painted a layer on. I made swirls around the painting . After that I put on the second layer but went diagonal across the canvas. Then I blowed dryed it, and I did the swirls again as my 3rd layer. Once that was all dried I started to paste on the words I have chosen for my collage. I used a glaze that is like glue to stick it on.The way I pasted my collage was I put then around where the swirl is so it can emphasize the
Airbrushing is a deceiving way to make young teenagers believe that models are flawless. “Advertisers often use airbrushing to make models or celebrities look younger, to alter the apparent weight of individuals, and to remove perceived physical imperfections” (Issitt). Many individuals don't know the people they dream having the bodies of are not actually how they appear to be due to airbrushing. A considerable amount of people go through plastic surgery to accomplish getting the ideal body. Using advertisements, airbrushing is a deceiving way to alter the appearances of individuals (Issitt). Several individuals try to obtain the bodies they see in advertisements, not knowing the images they are observing are not how the models look. Airbrushing has a huge influence on the models “beauty”. “Guillen and Barr's study further indicated that adolescent girls are the primary targets of much of this weight-loss advertising” (Issitt). Sadly, the market has no sympathy for young girls, trying to convince them that they are not as beautiful as they really are. Media hooks the minds of these girls by selling them beauty products to cover up their natura...
This gives children, teenagers, and even adults this factor. “In this media-driven age, it seems most people are dissatisfied with their bodies. Recent studies show that kids as early as third grade are concerned about their weight” (Maynard 6). To repeat on what Maynard stated, third graders are worried about their weight. What the media feeds to children gives them the sense of that it is something that they should be. Seeing thin models and looking back at themselves seeing that there is a big difference between the two. At this young of an age, they do not know anything about what the dirty truth is. What the media does to the pictures, photoshopping the flaws and enhancing the shape of face. Rollero conducted an experiment with college students giving them four images that were digitally altered. Results showed that retouching salience can reduce the level of internalization of beauty ideals and thus the negative effects of media images exposure, such as negative mood and decrease in self-esteem (Rollero 199). With this being said Rollero’s experiment shows that the digitally altered photos give the college students a false sense of beauty and a decrease in self-esteem. Giving these false ideals of beauty make men and females feel insecure about their bodies make them feel that there they need to fix the ‘imperfection’. What the media does not realize is not everyone can look the same, with these images
Solso, Robert L. The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Concious Brain. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT P. 13-21.
Alexandra Scaturchio, in her article “Women in Media” (2008) describes the media’s idea of beauty as superficial. She supports her argument by placing two pictures side-by-side; a picture of a real, normal-looking woman and her picture after it has been severely digitally enhanced. Her purpose is to show young teenage girls that the models they envy for their looks are not real people, but computer designs. She also states, “the media truly distorts the truth and instills in women this false hope because…they will live their lives never truly attaining this ideal appearance”. Scaturchio wants her readers to realize the media’s distorting capabilities and feel beautiful about themselves, even with flaws.
For my topic, I will be addressing the ethics of the use of Photoshop in media. Many companies use the technique of Photoshop to alter images to the point that the subject being retouched does not exist at all. When these images that are altered are human images, it draws the question of how this may affect the people viewing it. The message that this conveys to the viewer may be that this is what the standard of beauty has come to and that it is perfectly achievable to get these results. The argument states that viewers are not gullible enough to believe that what they see in a magazine is real, but perhaps they are underestimating how powerful an image can be. There are many ways to undo these harmful effects, however it is possible to do more.