Focusing on the main point of this blog- real versus fake images, it becomes apparent through this image from a Dove Real Beauty advertisement that images are not always what they are portrayed as. Before I begin analyzing the image, I would like to point out the irony behind the title of the ad... "Real Beauty". Im sorry but nothing about this image on the left is real. Regardless, the image on the right side shows the woman's natural face, completely unaltered and simple while the left side of the image shows her face after being photo shopped. Personally I believe that most images are tampered with to fit what society declares as beautiful. Whether it be a picture of a flower or a portrait, these photographs are edited and cropped to glorify the actually image and depict it as something it truly is not.
Photography is very complicated in this way. What defines something as being beautiful? The natural beauty it posses or how it is depicted after being messed with and altered? Photo shop and different editing softwares give people a corrupted meaning to what beauty is and how people should look. Referring back to the image above, specifically the left side, it is obvious that the image has been tampered with and edited. No one could ever look that flawless without being messed with. This again plays with the idea that people are given a false description of beauty. Many girls look up to images like these and desire to look like that girl. When in reality she does not exist. This image on the left is a fake girl with fake features that have been enhanced as a direct result of editing tools and photo shop techniques.
Admittedly the image on the left is definitely more appealing that the one on the rifht. However, this idea of editing images and making them fake proves that photography is not necessarily real.
Hello. I would like to agree with what you posted. It is true that photographers tend to edit their photographs in order to "beautify" them. Famous people love this type of editing because it makes them look so great, when in reality they're not that attractive as they seem to be. Due to all of the technology, this type of editing is simple and quick. That is why so many people edit now. It's easy and always at hand.
ReplyDeleteI also like the picture you used because it shows how editing can enhance any photograph. However, I have noticed that people also edit photos of landscapes and other things of nature. I think this is ridiculous because nature is beauty within itself. Why should anyone enhance something that shouldn't be? This is why photography is becoming "fake".