Beauty and the Truth

You have seen all these magazines of incredible pictures of beautiful people from Emma Watson and Kristen Stewart to George Clooney and Ryan Gosling. The real pressures put on normal people by the images we absorb. The truth here is that magazines, TV & Film, music, and social media shape our societies social culture consciously and even sub-consciously.

here are some examples of Photoshopping:

Just in case you didn't get it the first time imgur.com has a excellent way of showing you what the "finished" product is and the digital plastic surgery these People get. Our obsession with "perfection" seems to know zero limits. Doesn't it seem a little more humbling that these people have distinct features? Cindy Crawfords mole wouldn't have had a chance in today's idea of "beauty." If you think they don't care....WRONG! In an interview with Ryan Gosling on his Adonis like abs scene in Crazy Stupid Love  he says quote: "Absolutely Photoshopped" also saying: “I’m as uncomfortable with it as I am talking about it.” He's uncomfortable with the bar that Photoshopped Rock Hard Abs has given him. You know why? Because it's Not attainable, it's not real. Something we all need to break ourselves from. So when your significant other says you look better than (insert celebrity name here) the image you are thinking of isn't the right one and it isn't impossible for you to not look better than them. Here's a few more.....

What happen to photographers getting people to sit the right way, straighten out their backs. Shit even tell them to suck it in if need be. It's almost as if they point they click,say good work and turn these folks into cartoons. Red Eye, I get it. Photos to dark, alright fine.
Don't like the way their arm looks, make them do something else with it. Aren't photographers suppose to be artistic, capture moments of beauty that are unheard of. Don't think it's affecting society? Wrong! just a little over a year ago glamour.com put out an article talking about people hiring a site called lookbetteronline.com to Photoshop your pics for Online Dating services. SERIOUSLY?! CEO Giles Fabris says quote: “The right photo,” he says, “makes a huge difference in how people perceive you on the Web.” Yea, like not you. Is this what we are? Perception being more important than reality? We are becoming to comfortable with living in and with our ideals, not reality. Defining unique physical traits as "imperfections". I found a quote that I would like to share “Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”
― Scott Westerfeld, The Uglies Trilogy

And Change is nature. So I gotta ask. What the hell happen to Beauty?
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