How To Not Get Fooled By Photoshop

In recent years, backlash over the use of photoshop to manipulate photos and imagery in the media has grown.

Why? It can be said that the use of photoshop to create unrealistic expectations of beauty and image for both men and women has led to an increase in eating disorders, depression, body dismorphia and anxiety.

While Photoshop in its purest form to create digital art or beautiful images is in itself harmless, and in fact I am a great appreciator of this, it is the intent behind big media outlets to perpetuate body ideals that are in fact largely unattainable that has me rankled.

When we’re flooded with images every day that tell us that beauty is worth, and that beauty is unattainable- it’s not hard to see why many young people (myself included) have battled with their weight and looks. It’s time to start teaching people that our value is who we are, how kind we are, and what we hope to accomplish rather than what is skin deep.

Watch this 37 second video to really see how Photoshopping models in the media works.

11 Comments

  • Fashionista8P
    Reply Fashionista8P Wednesday 20th May, 2015 at 10:05 am

    yeap, dont believe anything you see on tv or in mags. LOVE yourself and believe in your own style

  • Reply dj23249 Tuesday 21st January, 2014 at 5:16 am

    It’s unbelievable what the magic of computers can do

  • Reply Sparkles17 Tuesday 19th November, 2013 at 11:37 am

    Had seen the same video on TV too, it gives me hope lol!

  • Reply sammyrose Saturday 9th November, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    Nooo! Why has the video been removed?

  • Reply romvar Monday 4th November, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    There’s hope for me yet!

  • Reply yslyenom Friday 1st November, 2013 at 11:53 pm

    testing

  • Reply yslyenom Friday 1st November, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    Interesting

  • judi1
    Reply judi1 Friday 1st November, 2013 at 5:48 pm

    Very clever!

  • Reply BellaB Friday 1st November, 2013 at 11:10 am

    Suddenly I feel like I could be a model after all….

  • Reply amanda6393 Friday 1st November, 2013 at 10:16 am

    Unbelievable.

  • Reply vikki18 Thursday 31st October, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    ha!

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