Unreal faces and bodies: Should the truth about manipulated photos in the fashion world be exposed? Journal Article

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Unreal Faces and Bodies: Should the Truth Behind Manipulated Fashion World Photos Be Revealed?1 Julian Scobdo Sheppard2 Translator: Mahmoud Sabzevari Abstract Occasional articles are published regarding the destructive consequences of the fashion market and the portrayal of models, actors, and famous faces as flawless templates of perfection and beauty in the media. The world of digital photo retouchers is a world of a Frankenstein of beauty standards: through technical manipulations, the image of women with ordinary height and build appears attractive and charming, and older women appear as goddesses of beauty upon whom the passage of time has left no trace, with toned muscles, exaggerated curves, and fair skin. Dr. Barbara McAnany from the American Medical Association says: "The appearance of advertisements containing highly manipulated images of models can create unrealistic expectations regarding the image of the ideal body in the audience. We must prevent impressionable children and adolescents from being exposed to advertisements that depict models with bodies that are only possible with the help of photo retouching software. Recently, Hany Farid6, a professor of computer science at Dartmouth, and Eric Kee,7 a doctoral student, have created a tool that, based on a scale of one to five inches, can show how much a photo has been Photoshopped. However, I doubt that such a thing would change the prevailing culture of photo retouching much; because this tool creates broader narratives for the image of the body... " Sara says: "What causes the most harm is not the manipulation of photos through the excessive use of airbrush, but rather desensitization.