French Lawmakers Want To Put Warnings On Photoshopped Images
This is amazing. Simply amazing.
A group of 50 politicians are sick and tired of all the photoshopped images and want to put a law in place which will FORCE magazines, billboards, and product packaging to say which shots have been "digitally enhanced".
Campaigning MP Valerie Boyer, of President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party, said the wording should read:"Retouched photograph aimed at changing a person's physical appearance".
"These photos can lead people to believe in a reality that does not actually exist, and have a detrimental effect on adolescents. "Many young people, particularly girls, do not know the difference between the virtual and reality, and can develop complexes from a very young age.
"In some cases this leads to anorexia or bulimia and very serious health problems. It's not just a question of public health, but also a way of protecting the consumer."
What do you think about their decision? I think it is a wonderful idea, but won't EVERY picture just have that warning on it then? LOL. I really do think it's a step in the right direction though.
PS - thumbnail below is from Worth1000 - hilarious!
149675 points
Yup, nearly every single photo will have a label on it. Sad, but true.
I think it is a little difficult to generalize that girls are bulimic because of photo shopped ads, there is much more involved than that. But I say DO IT! Great idea. My 13 year old sister would benefit from this, she is pretty gullible and ready to believe anything she sees.
82042 points
I think it's a great idea. Some photos are "enhanced" so much that the person doesn't even look real. And I really hate it when fitness and health type magazines photoshop a celebrity to put on the cover. If the person isn't fit or healthy, then don't put their image on the cover.
70690 points
Good for France now if we could get every country to do this that would be better. I can't even imagine how hard it is to grow up now with all these photoshoped pictures of all these already beautiful women. I mean what does that say to me if not even the beautiful ones are not close to "perfection"
Funny would be if they put the photos the way they actually are, people would be disgusted, haha, I wonder what would all those imperfect people would do if there was not retouching and plastic surgeries.
I am mess up already, I prefer retouched photos!
8280 points
I don't think people would be disgusted to have mass media reflect everything else we see all day-like strangers on the street who have hairs out of place or women with curves....etc
14740 points
Can we have disclaimers at the beginning of reality shows that says "please don't believe that most people live like this. if you do, you need professional help"
EDIT TO ADD: That SITC photo it sweeeett!!
We had a lecture about photoshopping and its use in magazines the other week. My lecturer showed us this picture of a magazine cover and its looked well enough, untill he did the maths and showed if the models legs were really that long, they'd be about 8ft tall. When you really look at it, you can see that airbrushing is only there to reach a physically impossible standard of beauty, it sucks.
14225 points
I hope this is a good push into more realism in beauty.
1335 points
Heck to the yes. DO IT!
184305 points
they're all photoshoped...we aren't stupid enough to think that those woman are perferct all over
It's not about stupidity. It's about the distortion of reality that hits home with people from all walks of life and all levels of intelligence. Young girls, as mentioned in the article, are more susceptible to being fooled by these retouched images, even subconsciously.
i'd support it.
205782 points
I say DO IT!!!!!!!
162245 points
its a good way to start. every ad and billboard we see would have a small print saying it was photoshopped.
22087 points
There are young girls who are freaking over having cellulite--something all women are going to have no matter how skinny they are, because they never see it on a magazine model. Maybe it is time to focus less on the illusions of perfection and get a little more realistic.
I'd also like to see a world wide ban from celebrities and readers of magazines like Shape and Self. They over photoshop every cover no matter who is on. Why ask someone to pose for the cover it you aren't going to use that person's real likeness.
great idea!
20 points
I think its a good idea, but it is only part of the solution. Young girls need to educated about health and encouraged to build a health self esteem. But I totally love the idea of these photos being exposed for what they are.....
this is wonderful. young girls AND our adult men!! need to know what reality is.
I love this idea. These fake images make me sick. I used to work at a place where I saw celebs every single day (movie, tv, rock, sports) and I can tell you in person they look very average. 99% of them are shorter than they appear onscreen (not the basketball players!), skinnier, and look 10 years older in person. A lot of them are raging lunatics as well; although, I certainly met many who were very nice and charming. Anyway, I think these images, which show a completely artificial, plasticized "beauty" are very damaging to society as a whole. It would be wonderful if we could work our way back to whats real.
293250 points
I had to LOL when I saw the headline and the picture. I do think it's a great idea, though. Go for it!
26110 points
I think it's a great idea. I distinctly recall as a young person...prob 12ish...seeing commercials and wanting to look just like the skinny women in the ads. I also put myself through dangerous diets in an attempt to achieve that look. It's a hard habit to break because I'm 42 yrs old today and I still find myself wishing I looked like the models in the magazine ads.
good idea..
50905 points
I think it's a good idea, but wouldn't this apply to pretty much every professional picture? I can't imagine it will ultimately have any effect, it will look like a copyright on the photo which no one pays attention to anyway.
1985 points
Great idea!!!!!
18200 points
I love it!!!
A simple "Photoshopped" label will work nicely.
4055 points
I'd rather just see the before pictures every once in a while.
114330 points
I like the idea!
Post new comment
When commenting, please be respectful to other INO readers. No racial, sexual or homophobic slurs will be tolerated.