Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually Jayanand as an art student and activist in the 1960's U.S. the young women in my circles presented themselves pretty "au naturel" Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 18, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > George, > I agree with your last paragraph, but I bet you were not like this at > 18. I wasn't. It takes time and experience to learn these things. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:08 AM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: >> I'm with you on this Chris. >> I've spent too much of my life in the ad bus; >> and glad to be winding it down. >> I've not worked (much) in the fashion end of the business; >> but the effect of these retouched dolls on our societies >> and specifically on our young women's self esteem and self image >> is a damn shame and very real. >> >> Ann's daughter is a beautiful 22 year old >> and I watch her (and her mother) >> watching this crap and doing daily battle >> to achieve these impossible looks. >> >> They often don't even believe me >> when I point out that scenes in movies >> are made with body doubles and frame by frame retouching. >> >> I'd love to see the whole industry collapse; >> makeup, surgeries, botox - all of it. >> >> It's one thing to stay healthy and fit; >> quite another when you feel forced to >> paint, starve, cut and paste to compete >> in a world of illusions. >> >> I find women most beautiful >> when they're feel perfectly comfortable with themselves >> and the least makeup is applied.