Guys, today I would like to share something with you which triggered my heart recently. It kills to know that things like this are occurring in this world of technology. A few weeks ago, my Intro to Mass Comm lecturer, Ms Jenny, was lecturing on false advertising. She then showed us this picture which caught my eye from the September issue of Vogue magazine. It was a portrayal of Lady Gaga in size zero. I was pretty much shocked to see that cover photo because I am a very big fan of Lady Gaga and seeing that photo of her made me so upset. It is so obvious that the photo has been completely altered.Well, it's photoshopped. Vogue has been doing this for years and is famous for it.By taking a closer look at this picture, I realized that anything is possible with Photoshop, but is the picture on the right really the original material for the final image on the left? Or is it another shot of her from the same photo shoot? The angles of her body and face are just so different.
Speaking about that, it would be a big deal when a young impressionable girls see these people on cover of the magazine that have been retouched. All they will see is the skinny body , the body with no flaws and these may make them want to look like them.This will lead the youth to have eating disorder or other way of trying to get the "Ideal Look".
Lady Gaga once said that, "Weight is still a struggle. Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you - they make you perfect. It's not real life, I 'm gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, kid's your age and its making girls sick."
Relating to her quote, her fans out there would be totally disappointed with the cover photo.They will be wondering , why doesn't she tell them to stop over-photoshopping her ? It was not a small retouch that has been made there. It was one hell huge alteration that was done.
No matter what , "Remember each of us have our own beauty". ! !
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