The UK is pretty upset with Procter and Gamble "for Photoshopping the hell out of [Twiggy's] face in an advertisement for an Olay eye cream, erasing crows feet"
Dec 17, 2009 15:01 | #1 The UK is pretty upset with Procter and Gamble "for Photoshopping the hell out of [Twiggy's] face in an advertisement for an Olay eye cream, erasing crows feet" 7D | 300D | G1X | Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 | EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro | EF 85mm f/1.8 | 70-200 f/2.8L MkII -- flickr
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rjc1 Senior Member  553 posts Joined Jul 2008 Location: Ohio More info | Dec 17, 2009 15:20 | #2 Photoshopping here in the States is out of control. Every magazine with a movie star in it is so overdone that you have to take a second look just to realize who you are looking at. There is face and body slimming, wrinkle and blemish removal. I don't think there isn't anything they don't to make the starlets the best they could look even if it doesn't look like them in reality. 40D with 28-135 IS , Tamron 17-50 ,100-400 f4.5-5.6L, 100mm f2.8L macro IS, 430EX, 430EXll,MiniTT1/FlexTT5 , Kata R-103,
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kirkt Cream of the Crop More info | Dec 17, 2009 15:31 | #3 It is sort of startling when you think about retouching. I always envisioned it as blemish removal, color balance, etc. But then you watch some tutorial videos and you see the model pushed and pulled and slimmed and distorted and eyes made bigger, all I can think is WTF? Interesting reaction from the public - I think people may be pretty tolerant (maybe unaware) of some of the "minor" retouching that goes on, but when retouching creates the desired effects of a potion or lotion, beyond what is actually achievable with the product, then it doesn't matter if the retouching is causing self-esteem issues or not, it is fraud. Twiggy is an icon and so I can only imagine that the UK public take offense at the abuse of her image. Kirk
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figmented Senior Member  640 posts Joined Apr 2005 More info | Dec 17, 2009 16:01 | #4 when are people gonna start complaining about food photography used in ads.. :P Canon 5D - Canon 20D - 580ex - Gary Fong Dong - Stofen
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pridash Goldmember  3,584 posts Likes: 34 Joined Jul 2007 Location: London, UK - Where 30 degrees celcius is considered a heatwave and liable to result in death. More info | Dec 17, 2009 16:36 | #5 Sorry, but I really don't understand what the big deal is (for us photographers anyway). Retouching will always exist as the "ideal, perfect" woman does not exist in reality. I can't image a high fashion mag ever having a photo which shows all wrinkles and warts, nor can I imagine a celebrity endorsing such a photo of themselves. Pradeep (but most people call me PJ)
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop  39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Dec 18, 2009 10:55 | #6 It's advertising... Nothing there I wouldn't expect... "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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beeng Senior Member  927 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2009 Location: Halifax, Canada More info | Dec 18, 2009 10:58 | #7 figmented wrote in post #9217922  when are people gonna start complaining about food photography used in ads.. :P Heh, I do :P A roll of film, a carboard box, and a bobbypin
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Littlefield Goldmember  More info | Dec 18, 2009 11:56 | #8 That site has a virus . .
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