chrystal 1,256 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Is she Photoshopped? In France, they now have to tell youBy Nalina Eggert BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41443027 It's no secret that images of models are often retouched to make their bodies look thinner or curvier in certain places, to lengthen their legs to mannequin-esque proportions, or to smooth out their skin and widen their eyes. From Sunday, in France, any commercial image that has been digitally altered to make a model look thinner will have a cigarette-packet style warning on it. "Photographie retouchée", it will say, which translates to "edited photograph". Anyone flouting the new rule could be fined €37,500 (£33,000) or 30% of the cost of creating the ad. The government is essentially trying to tackle persistent image-doctoring as a public health issue. It's hoped the change will help tackle extreme thinness among models, and body image problems among those who aspire to shapes they cannot hope to live up to because they were faked on a computer programme. "Exposing young people to normative and unrealistic images of bodies leads to a sense of self-depreciation and poor self-esteem that can impact health-related behaviour," Health Minister Marisol Touraine said. Fatness 'despised' France is not the first country to introduce these kinds of rules. Israel, for example, has already done so. More in article http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41443027 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseLikeACrowTit 862 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 In Argentina is law and it needs to say it was retouched on the bottom of the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smog 11 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 That's cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co-ups 1,389 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 wow. i know a lot of people will think this is too much but it's actually great. i used to really suffer when i was a kid going through magazines thinking i would never look like that. now i understand it's not about looking great but feeling great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asarlai 1,099 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 The positive way of thinking that the artists/models in magazines are not 'perfect' is a great way to rebuild self-esteem especially to the youth. I mean, Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest woman but she has many flaws. (ex. stretch marks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrystal 1,256 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 What I like the most is that they have to put the warning prominently so it can't be missed. I also like the detail that they can go after a % of the cost in case some of the major brands decides they don't want the warning on their adds. And if more countries pick it up it will also weed out photoshop photographers from the real photographers who know what they are doing. I hope we get this in Denmark too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissy 1,573 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Inutile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faces 5,832 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Marilyn Monroe is the sexiest woman but she has many flaws. (ex. stretch marks) why are you talking in present tense? i doubt stretch marks are her body's biggest flaw rn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asarlai 1,099 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 why are you talking in present tense? i doubt stretch marks are her body's biggest flaw rn English is not my first language im sorry for that and i just used the stretch marks as an example. Anyway she learned to love herself despite the common insecurities that youth are experiencing ryt now, an icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Willow 1,638 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 fr??? you can PS a body like that???? dang English is not my first language im sorry for that and i just used the stretch marks as an example. Anyway she learned to love herself despite the common insecurities that youth are experiencing ryt now, an icon. and that's why she killed herself??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild 856 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I feel like advertisers will now just go and hire "perfect" models to begin with to bypass this rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrystal 1,256 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 I feel like advertisers will now just go and hire "perfect" models to begin with to bypass this rule. In France this will be coupled with an already excisting law, that models need documentation from their doctors that they are healthy. Don't really know enough about it to know if it is working as intended, but it does sound good on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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