Harmful Effets of Photoshop

916 Words2 Pages

Harmful Effects of Photoshop The crafty tool called photoshop is used by nearly every tech savvy person in the country. The biggest contenders have to be ads; every advertisement contains at least one form of photoshop. Granted, it is used for a long list of reasons; to fix lighting, crop something out, even to add a funny background. This tool can virtually fix anything but what happens when it begins to harm more than it helps? Lately it has shown that the images changed or “improved” by photoshop has caused harm amongst our society. There has to be something down about this problem before other people get hurt. The Federal Government has to do its duty and stop this harm by issuing laws limiting the use of photoshop. Photoshop can come in quite handy and it is useful when trying to perfect an image. Architects, fashion designers, web designers all use photoshop in their careers daily but there is a line and some people cross it. 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 the even removed the sock on her right leg. Its this nit picking that causes harm to our society and to our communities. (Eisinger) Its seems as though everyday we hear of another young girl committing suicide because she felt worthless. Even more of these girls develop an eating disorder in order to look like the women in the... ... middle of paper ... ...o Combat Anorexia - Slashdot." Israel Passes Photoshop Law To Combat Anorexia. Slashdot, 9 May 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. Eisinger, Dale. "The 15 Biggest Photoshop Scandals of All Time."Complex.com. Permalink, 16 June 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. "Young Girls Start Eating Disorders Early." ABC News. ABC News Network, 19 Dec. 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. "Eating Disorders." University Health Center. University of Nebraska, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. North, Anna. "British Lawmakers Take Stand Against Photoshop." Jezebel. N.p., 03 Aug. 2009. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. Gregoire, Carolyn. "Julia Bluhm, 14, Leads Successful Petition For Seventeen Magazine To Portray Girls Truthfully." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 05 July 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2014 "ANAD." Eating Disorders Statistics « « National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

Show More
Related

  • Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

    1584 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Web. The Web. 5 Apr. 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Inge, M. Thomas, ed.

    Read More

  • The Pros and Cons of the Great Migration

    1734 Words  | 4 Pages

    middle of paper ... ... The Web. 9 Apr. 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'.

    Read More

  • NCAA March Madness Tournament

    1145 Words  | 3 Pages

    N.p. 17 Mar. 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Web. The Web. The Web. 8 Mar. 2014.

    Read More

  • An Argument Against Breed-Specific Legislation

    2742 Words  | 6 Pages

    The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Web. The Web. The Web. 13 Nov. 2010.

    Read More

  • Four Dead in Ohio

    654 Words  | 2 Pages

    The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Web. The Web. The Web. 30 Sept 2013.

    Read More

  • Women and the Draft

    984 Words  | 2 Pages

    The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. Web. The Web. The Web. 20 Mar. 2012. The. Ode, Kim.

    Read More

  • United States Border Patrol

    1404 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Web. 21 Mar. 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'.

    Read More

  • Our Photoshopping Disorder Summary

    431 Words  | 1 Pages

    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

    Read More

  • Bulimia and Anorexia

    1058 Words  | 3 Pages

    Eller, Daryn. "Preteens Are at Risk of Eating Disorders." Opposing Viewpoints: Eating Disorders. Ed. Jennifer A. Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL - Richland Hills. 24 Jan. 2011 .

    Read More

  • Pros And Cons Of Doctored Photographs

    1076 Words  | 3 Pages

    Photoshop can be used to depict opponents in undesirable situations or to depict events which haven’t actually happened. There have been numerous political scandals where one candidate doctors a photograph of their opponent. In 2012 Wil Cardon, a Republican candidate for the senate, launched a campaign against U.S. Representative Jeff Flake by using doctored photos of Flake to imply that he opposed SB 1070. The pictures had been doctored to feature Flake standing with Obama (McCombs, "Flake: Doctored Photos 'Dishonest '."). Here the doctored photograph was meant to deceive voters into believing an opponent had a certain viewpoint. The pictures depicted a scenario which never happened and may not display the full truth. In this case the doctored photograph crossed the fine moral line. The article Is it Real, Or Is It Photoshoped? discusses the increasing concern of doctored before and after pictures presented to clients by physicians (Anthem Media Group). In this case the photograph is purposely trying to deceive a perspective client into believe that the procedure will be more effective than it actually is. The picture does not present the truth in a scenario where it is unethical not to present the truth. Doctored photographs are not only unethical when they are used deceptively for one’s gain, but also when they are used to destroy another’s

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Photoshop: Argumentative Essay

    227 Words  | 1 Pages

    If you do not like photoshop ignore it, in fact the reason it is ok to photoshop celebrities is because it’s there job. Some people say it is not ok because it harms them. I think that photoshopping is ok because if you know what that person actually looks like then it doesn’t matter.

    Read More

  • Photoshop: Posting Pictures on The Media

    1117 Words  | 3 Pages

    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.

    Read More

  • Photoshop Should Be Banned

    1135 Words  | 3 Pages

    For many years, people have been obsessed with reading magazines and admiring the beautiful models in them. However, with the invention of Photoshop, people don’t realize that what they are looking at isn’t even real. The editors of these magazines use Photoshop to manipulate the models’ bodies into what they envision as perfection. What these editors don’t realize is that girls—and even boys—across the globe look at these models, wishing that maybe one day they can look exactly like them. So, if these kids are looking up to these so-called “perfect human beings”, shouldn’t they have the right to know that what they are wishing for isn’t real? Kids, teenagers, adults—everyone—need to acknowledge the fact that they are already beautiful just the way they are, and they don’t need to go on some diet or pay money for plastic surgery to change

    Read More

  • Photoshop: Distorting Body Image for Youth

    890 Words  | 2 Pages

    There, I Said It” Elizabeth Perle states that she “is certainly not part of the pro-Photoshop campaign” but she does not believe that photoshop is fully responsible for some of the problems in society. Not only are children and teenagers looking up to the “unrealistic expectations of [the] appropriate body” of celebrities, but also to their friends or parent’s body. Perle is of the opinion that even without photoshop, body issues would still prevail in adolescents and children. As true as this statement may be, it does not explain the dramatic increase in anorexia cases since the early 1990’s when the tool was first

    Read More

  • Normalcy Argument Essay

    1106 Words  | 3 Pages

    Sometimes, perfection is not a problem; altering the color of a photo or fixing a hair that is out of place is completely acceptable. However, fixing so-called imperfections or flaws in a model’s body is problematic and wrong. For example, Modcloth, a company that sells swimsuits, has vowed not to use Photoshop to “materially change” a model’s body, to add a warning label to their Photoshopped advertisements, and only publish these advertisements where young children will not see them. In the words of Amanda Oliver, “it’s worth noting that ‘materially change’ means they will not… alter individual features. Make a blue sky clearer, clean up a fly-away hair, fix a dog’s smile? A-OK…. Photoshop isn’t the problem—the responsibility lies with the company and the people behind the computer.” Photoshop is not an evil in itself. Photos can be edited without becoming unrealistic, abnormal, or overly perfect. It is not the fault of the program itself or even its developers. The person who is enhancing the shape, size, color, or other features of a model’s body should be the one held responsible for the dropping self esteem levels of people who see these

    Read More

More about Harmful Effets of Photoshop

Open Document