Ban on airbrushed images in UK

• miki g

  Participant

  July 27, 2011 at 11:44 am

  An advertising ban on airbrushed images in the UK may be a good thing. Hopefully it won’t have photographers up in arms about their rights being violated. :)
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  CianMcLiam

  Participant

  July 27, 2011 at 4:33 pm

  Sounds like a load of codswallop to me to be honest, unless they have a before/after comparison there is no reference for a reasonable evaluation of the benefits of the product or the extent of any manipulation. ‘Good’ advertising is always aspirational, if people need to be reminded of that then they have a lot worse to deal with than Make-up ads.
  bigalguitarpicker

  Participant

  July 28, 2011 at 11:04 am

  Not before time I think! Some of the models featured in magazines have ludicrous editing done to them, particularly in the “Lads Mags”. Some of the software advertised for “improving” portraiture uses ridiculous editing too. I saw one recently which featured before and after shots of a lovely model who had freckles. Needless to say, not a single freckle survived the “improvement”. Am I alone in thinking that “natural” looks better than the celluloid complexions foisted on us by air-brush happy editors?
  Mark

  Keymaster

  July 28, 2011 at 11:24 am

  I’m with you Al.

  Aside from false advertising, over eager processing is only providing distorted views of what people should look like.
  Fine when you know better, but as we all know there are plenty of people out there aspiring to look like something which
  is rarely if ever physically possible to achieve.
  miki g

  Participant

  July 28, 2011 at 9:01 pm

  I would be of the same opinion. You wouldn’t buy a Fiat Panda that was manipulated to look like a Ferrari, but was still a Panda under the bonnet. Advertising (whether for beauty products or not) should be kept as close to reality as possible.
  There are lots of really beautiful girls out there that don’t even need any makeup to look great, but lack confidence in themselves, mainly because they can’t be like some of the Frankenstein creations that appear in some of the glossy magazines.
  I’m all for girls of ” natural beauty ” even if they do weigh a little bit more than a stick insect should & even have freckles. :D
  cypeapplejuice

  Participant

  August 3, 2011 at 10:15 pm

  miki g wrote:

  I’m all for girls of ” natural beauty ” even if they do weigh a little bit more than a stick insect should & even have freckles. :D

  +1 to that!