Photo Manipulation on Hiatus in the Media

There are so many things wrong with the media these days. One of them is photo manipulation. Photoshop has been a very useful and common tool with many magazines, companies and celebrities. They either exaggerate the curves or waist of women or buff up the muscles on the guys to help sell the product or celebrity. Though sometimes they go too far to the point where you would say, "Okay now that is obviously photoshopped!" Here is an example where I thought it was unnatural to look at.


Most images however aren't as big of a failure as the one above and that is why there are so many people out there who are in so much pressure to feel beautiful and to look like the people they see in the media. What they don't know though is that no one looks like those people! Even celebrities don't look like themselves on the magazines.




It bothers me so much that companies constantly "fix" the images to make it look "perfect" when the pictures are already fine in the first place. I also hate the fact that celebrities can't publish their photos without it being retouched. I guess the reason for this is because their fans and other people in the business expect them to look perfect and flawless. However there are finally some celebrities that are showing how beautiful they are in a different way; by showing their make-up free faces and saying "no" to photoshop. As good as this may sound, not a lot of people in the business agree with the idea and that's why I don't think that it'll take over and change the industry. I do hope though that the trend will stick and
that more celebrities will do the same so that many insecure people will be influenced by them and be more confident with themselves.

When I see a magazine that uses "normal" people on their covers, I find it refreshing because those are the kind of people that you see everyday and I love that those magazines are finally expressing true beauty. I hope I will be able to see more covers with people of all ages, sizes and shapes.