the editable lifeform

[rm]

via zarq:

http://www.flicka.org/gotflash.html
The Swedish Social ministry has set up a website to show how retouched a magazine cover really is. Having formerly worked as a personal assistant for a professional retoucher, I got to say, none of what is seen here is out of the ordinary, and is actually relatively minor compared to some of the work I've seen done on celebrity photos.

The only reason they are better looking than you is time, money and technology. Period.

Comments

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

I've seen another site that does similar things, and it's simultaneously heartening and discouraging. There are people out there living with a constant feeling of inadequacy, because they haven't figured it out yet; "it" being what retouching a photograph can do.

One thing that strikes me as odd is just how retouched the photo looks on first glance. The smoothness of the hands and arms, the shading of the cheeks.

ugh

[espidre.livejournal.com]

Even if you know on the logical sense that these photos are retouched, I still think there's something inside that doesn't get it.