Comments on: The Evolution of Beauty

By: Syl Arena

Syl Arena — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:50:16 +0000

Check out this article on master retoucher Pascal Dangin that appeared in the May 12, 2008 issue of ‘The New Yorker’.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_collins?currentPage=all

I picked this up on the blog of my friend, Brad Moore – who works as the first assistant to Joe McNally.

By: Danielle Says Hello

Danielle Says Hello — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:33:24 +0000

I’m actually going to use this in my lecture on Perception (I teach an intro psychology course). Thanks!

By: Guy Montag

Guy Montag — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:42:33 +0000

Thanks for sharing, hadn’t seen that before! I never really thought about the process in this fashion. I mean, I know that it takes me a few hours in photoshop even starting out shooting a model before they look like they “should” (and even longer for “normal” people).

The photographer in me says “Ha! Cool!”. The cynic in me is incredibly unsurprised. My intellectual reaction is little different, though being a fan of utilitarianism, perhaps that’s not too surprising.

By: Terry Reinert

Terry Reinert — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:46 +0000

As a father of a beautiful little girl I’ve often worried that she will get caught up in the world of self-destruction in order to meet societies picture of “perfection”. It is amazing how society can get to children at very young ages. There were a few girls in her first grade class that were perfectly normal and yet were already having major self esteem issues over weight and their looks. It really is sad.

From a photographers stand point… the Photoshop work in the first one is amazing. Many people believe that the best work one can do is work that no one else knows you did anything at all… From seeing the billboard I would have guessed maybe some color correction and skin softening. But stretching out the neck, changing the shape of the eyes, and all the other stuff… would have never guessed it.

Kelby Training needs to make a video tutorial on how to do all that!!