Persuasive Essay On Digital Image

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“I find, the fancier the fashion magazine is, the worse the Photoshop. It’s as if they are already so disgusted that a human has to be in the clothes, they can’t stop erasing human features.” ― Tina Fey. Everyday, magazines produce images of impossible beauty. As a result, society looks up to these unrealistic beauty standards and tries to recreate the unreplicable. Photoshop has become so common now in modern society, that everything you see in media has been retouched. These unrealistic beauty standards affect women and men in society to believe that they’re not good enough; making them insecure and come to hate themselves. Deceiving yourself means not truly and fully accepting the reality of your own body, and therefore letting digital image …show more content…

This trend is becoming even more widespread by the growth of personal retouching apps such as “Facetune”. Facetune takes an interesting stance on its ethics and claims that its app is empowering the beauty of people: “Every photo could use a touch-up. Now you can be sure that all your portraits show only the best version of you - whether you’ll be using them for your professional profile or simply sharing online with friends.” This kind of technology enables people to want quick and easy ways to “improve” their photos like they see in magazines. Photo manipulation crosses the line with modern-day photographs that don’t even need editing in the first place. They aren’t improving people’s looks, but rather changing them into completely different human beings which is ultimately ruining our idea of beauty As mentioned, there are several advantages and disadvantages to photo manipulation which everyone should watch out for. It is a given that it’s very powerful and can play tricks on people’s minds, but affecting people’s perception and self-acceptance is not a good thing. Want to be beautiful? Then stay natural. It’s that easy. There’s nothing wrong with minimal touch-ups, but don’t deceive others with what false images can show

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