Can't comment on the photos of the blokes, but the "enhanced" photo of Bardot worked for me - I always thought her face wasn't quite long enough. OTOH, Sarah Jessica Parker's is waaaaay too long, with or without "enhancement".
Complete Nonsense, though, is it not?. "Here's How You Could Have Looked If You Had Been A Bit Different!" My only worry is that this is the way that we are going. I've SEEN Life and Loves of a She-Devil.
(I should say that I don't particularly agree with their ideas of beauty, BTW)
I dare say it's not everyone's cup of tea, though - beauty *is* in the eye of the beholder, after all - or at least it used to be, until almost every film and magazine went out of their way to make everyone look the same, and proclaim/preach that as beauty.
A common perception of beauty (non-ugliness?) is that people should look as much like everyone-else as possible - i.e. as average as possible - I guess the meme goes: if you fancy someone who doesn't look unusual, your (combined) offspring are likely to look (more) average too, and get your genes passed on.
I thought all the "before and after" photos looked unnatural and even goofy "after" the computer enhancement. OK, except for "Alison Bruce" where I don't see any difference, and James Franco who the computer said was too cute to change.
Can't comment on the photos of the blokes, but the "enhanced" photo of Bardot worked for me - I always thought her face wasn't quite long enough.
ReplyDeleteOTOH, Sarah Jessica Parker's is waaaaay too long, with or without "enhancement".
Complete Nonsense, though, is it not?.
ReplyDelete"Here's How You Could Have Looked If You Had Been A Bit Different!"
My only worry is that this is the way that we are going.
I've SEEN Life and Loves of a She-Devil.
My thoughts when I saw this.
ReplyDeleteThe computer is using a single paradigm of beauty, when there have to be at least 37, if not 370.
(I should say that I don't particularly agree with their ideas of beauty, BTW)
ReplyDeleteI dare say it's not everyone's cup of tea, though - beauty *is* in the eye of the beholder, after all - or at least it used to be, until almost every film and magazine went out of their way to make everyone look the same, and proclaim/preach that as beauty.
A common perception of beauty (non-ugliness?) is that people should look as much like everyone-else as possible - i.e. as average as possible - I guess the meme goes: if you fancy someone who doesn't look unusual, your (combined) offspring are likely to look (more) average too, and get your genes passed on.
It's very sad, really. What of character?
I thought all the "before and after" photos looked unnatural and even goofy "after" the computer enhancement. OK, except for "Alison Bruce" where I don't see any difference, and James Franco who the computer said was too cute to change.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.faceresearch.org/demos/
ReplyDeleteCalibrated in milli-helens?
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