Fashion Photography

First Video:

There were a lot of changes made to the model in this video. Besides all the makeup, a bunch of things were modified in photoshop. The neck was made longer, her face shape was rounded, and the eyes were made a lot larger and they were moved down some.

Second Video:

A lot more changes were made in this video in addition to the make up. The nose was made smaller, the pupils of the eyes were made smaller and the eyes were enlarged, the body was made more petite, the legs were made longer, the feet were made smaller, the calfs were toned more, the neck was made longer, and the whole body was made two shades lighter than before.

Third Video:

In this video, the woman's whole body shape is completely changed. She is made much more petite and slender, her face is modified so that the features are softer and smaller, her hair is given more volume and is made longer, basically everything about her is changed.


Questions:

I don't think modifying a person's looks is ethical at all. It gives society a warped vision of what men and women are supposed to look like and it isn't healthy at all. People look at the models in magazines and think, why don't I look like that? I can't think of a situation that would make this even more unethical, I think it's just wrong overall. It destroys self-esteem at a very young age and it's just wrong. Changes that are okay would be changing the hair a little bit or making the skin free of blemishes; all things that are possible in real life. It would be even better if they just used makeup instead of photoshop. In no way should they change a person's body shape or skin color.
In photojournalism, we change the lighting and make the colors more vibrant or darker. Sometimes we crop out things we don't need, but we don't modify the subject to look different. In fashion photography, it's completely normal to edit the subject. Photojournalism is pictures of real life, and the pictures taken in this category could change the practice of people. The pictures they see could influence them in some way, good or bad. In fashion photography, the pictures of models warp people's ideas of beauty and make them much more judgmental on themselves and others.

These three videos are to show us what really happens in fashion photography and to show us how messed up it is to change someone's appearance just so they can meet society's standards of beauty that were made by these companies. I was wondering where the men were, however. There are plenty of male models and they go through photoshop like women. Female models and male models that are photoshopped change how people think people should look and what they think beauty is. There should be videos that show how male models are photoshopped so we can see the drastic changes that are made to them as well.