{"id":162,"date":"2017-01-20T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/daniscattergood\/?p=162"},"modified":"2017-01-20T01:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T01:44:08","slug":"the-illusion-of-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/daniscattergood\/2017\/01\/20\/the-illusion-of-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Illusion of Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

With it being the 21st century and all, our generation is well aware of photo manipulation, and it doesn’t take a genius to edit or change photos. These tools can be as simple and easy to use like the Instagram and Snapchat filters, or they can more complex such as Adobe Photoshop<\/a>. It tends to be larger professional companies like international magazines that use Photoshop, while the rest of us that can’t be bothered to spend the time or the money on Photoshop use filters instead.\u00a0There is no denying it, everyone who has an Instagram or Snapchat account has used the filters before, whether it was just for fun to send to a friend, or if you actually wanted to make yourself look better in the photos, everyone has tried\/used them. The question I’m asking is – Does the manipulation of photos on social media and the internet have negative effects on the way we see ourselves and see others?<\/p>\n

In my opinion, photos that have been manipulated can only have negative effects on us. This is because the media sets extremely high and unrealistic expectations of the ‘perfect’ image which we\u00a0should<\/em> have, and make us feel insecure about the body we\u00a0do have as it isn’t the same, but considering that these photos aren’t real, it is hard to understand why we still beat ourselves up over not looking the way celebrities do in these manipulated photos. And with software like Photoshop, it makes it almost impossible to know what someone looked like before they started airbrushing. From the examples that some celebrities set for us online and on social media, we see it as acceptable to also use Photoshop to make ourselves look just as ‘perfect’ as them.<\/p>\n

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Kylie Jenner Instagrammed photoshopped pictures of herself!<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, there are some celebrities that have spoken out against their own experiences being photoshopped for magazines, advertisements and brands, and it seems that they dislike photoshop just as much as I do. And while criticising manipulated images of themselves, they also try and promote a healthy body image<\/a>. But more than this,\u00a0celebrities such as Zendaya, The Kardashians, Katy Perry, Emma Stone, Lea Michele, Kate Hudson, Adele, Jennifer Lawrence and so many more have shared their frustrations with the world over social media or in interviews.<\/p>\n

The post below shows a post on Zendaya’s Instagram account where she openly and honestly exposed herself, and showed the world that she was photoshopped and that it wasn’t right because her body is beautiful just the way it is. Hear, Hear! Talk about telling it as it is! (Click here<\/a> to find out what some of these celebrities have said about being Photoshopped).<\/p>\n

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Had a new shoot come out today and was shocked when I found my 19 year old hips and torso quite manipulated. These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have. Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love. So I took it upon myself to release the real pic (right side) and I love it?? Thank you @modelistemagazine for pulling down the images and fixing this retouch issue.<\/a><\/p>\n

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