Friday, 31 July 2015
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Monday, 27 July 2015
Sunday, 26 July 2015
PHOTO MANIPULATION
RESEARCH
References:
Photo manipulation, once the preserve of a small number of airbrush-equipped
artists, has become commonplace in the fashion, publishing and advertising
industries.
As a result, heavily retouched photos – of men as well as women – have
become nearly universal. For example, a single issue of Vogue was
found to contain 144 manipulated images, including the cover.
As photo
manipulation tools have become more widely available and easier to use, youth
have begun turning to them to modify their own photos to meet media-created
ideals of thinness and perfection.
As photo manipulation tools have become more widely available
and easier to use (photoshop), youth have begun turning to them to modify their
own photos to meet media-created ideals of thinness and perfection.
Retouching
photos in this way raises a number of concerns.
One is that
the already unrealistic bodies youth are exposed to be made literally
impossible. In some cases, real women’s bodies have been abandoned completely,
as in the ads created for retailer H&M that put models’ heads onto
computer-generated bodies.
Is this
really how the world should be?
Is this
what you want for your son or daughter when they become a teenager?
Is this how
we should/want to be living?
Photo
manipulation reduces the number of different body shapes represented in media,
pushing everyone to a single standard – ‘slim perfection.’
It’s hardly
a secret that many bodies seen in media are digitally manipulated: a 2011 study
found that 84 per cent of British young women knew what photo manipulation was
and how it was used, and the same number agreed that using it to change models’
bodies should be unacceptable.
So why are
we still conforming to these stereotypes?
Dr. Kim
Bissell, founder of the Child Media Lab at the University of Alabama, puts it,
“We know they’re Photoshopped, but we still want to look like that.” In
fact, studies show that young girls often use photo manipulation software to
retouch their own photos.
We must
stop exposing impressionable children and teenagers to advertisements
portraying models with body types only attainable with the help of photo
editing software.
Friday, 24 July 2015
24.07.2015
Clarified Pitch of 30 seconds (Our big Idea)
The continuous saturation of negative body image and gender stereotypes in our media is affecting teenagers worldwide. Through harnessing media and culture – which are often the source of the problem – we hope to spread healthier messages of what a body can look like and what it could mean to be a woman or a man.
Group setting tasks of Research - rough avenues of acceptance
- Photoshop and manipulation creating unrealistic ideas of beauty (Danielle)
- Gender stereotypes of male/female (Laura)
- Transgender people not associating with either gender (Mike)
(from these we’re each exploring: statistics, imagery, artist role models, possible ideas)
Thursday, 23 July 2015
WEEK TWO
23.07.2015
Topic Brainstorm - “Gender roles and Body Image”
8 Points on the issue -
Background
Gender has historically been very binary with polarises those who feel they don’t associate with either of the genders. Beyond this those who associate with one are often expected to conform to specific set norms for that gender which don’t necessarily reflect their personality or interests.
Audience
Looking at people who feel left out of a gender group, or a groups ‘ideal’ behaviours.
Audience needs
The audience is already very fragile so we have to be careful not to offend or alienate them further by seeming pushy or fake. They need to feel included and understood.
Client
Youth New Zealand
Client motivation
Reduce the suicide, depression, and self harm rates for younger adolescences in New Zealand who may be dealing with these issues.
Desired action
Spark a conversation between people who are suffering to talk about their problems and inspire those who don’t associate with the problems to support those who do more.
Barriers
More traditional people wanting gender to be a formalised and stable construct that they’re used to.Sunday, 19 July 2015
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