Dove - Distorted Perception of Beauty

Of course, we intellectually know that models that appears on our magazines and billboards have been enhanced. But quite often we still assume that a celebrity/model looks just like how they appear on these flashy pages too.  Dove, in its Campaign for Real Beauty, hit a gem in this commercial spot that illustrates just exactly how the whole mechansim works - the lighting, the make-up, and the digital touch ups.

And yes, no wonder our perception of beauty is distorted.

3 Comments so far

  1. Vince on October 21, 2006

    wow! really deceiving….!

  2. Tech on June 19, 2007

    I just made a post about the same video, added some background information.

  3. [...] all probably very familiar with photo-retouching - especially after that ad campaign by Dove. There are of course master ‘touch-uppers’ who are very skilled artists capable [...]

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