During our class discussion on Tuesday, we talked about how Victoria's Secret models are expected to have this "perfect" look about them. This got me thinking the same is true for celebrities, so I've posted some retouched and untouched photos of Mariah Carey from a 1999 photo shoot. I feel that photo retouching represents the "ideal" body - a desired perfection, and the untouched photo is the reality. Which do you prefer?
- Josh Steffen
Josh,
ReplyDeleteRemembering the presentation you did in Race & Ethnicity, I love how you always find a way to make Mariah Carey academically relevant. Are these retouched photographs an example of Davis' assertion that the norm is not "natural" but created by society?