http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/digital-retouching/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-old-is-this-woman/ This is a digitally enhanced photo of Sydney woman Deborah Luckie. She’s 50 years old. A picture of her as she appears in real life is down the page. If you were to see a photo of Deborah in a magazine, the photo above is how she could, potentially, appear after digital retouching. After a week of hype over model Sarah Murdoch appearing “untouched” on a magazine cover and the launch of a national body image initiative, the treated photo was commissioned to illustrate how removed from reality faces and bodies in the media can be. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-old-is-this-woman/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-old-is-this-woman/#item1606 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Sarah Murdoch and Mia Freedman are hot. Like really, really hot. But I don’t reckon that fact takes away from their years of experience, their first hand insight and the value of their contributions on the subject of tackling negative body image. That was exactly the reaction we’ve seen this week though, from some who argued that these women were too beautiful to have a valid role to play in the debate and were misplaced on the Government’s Body Image Advisory Group that reported this week. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/moving-past-the-blame-game-on-body-image/ Sarah Murdoch and Mia Freedman are hot. Like really, really hot. But I don’t reckon that fact takes away from their years of experience, their first hand insight and the value of their contributions on the subject of tackling negative body image. That was exactly the reaction we’ve seen this week though, from some who argued that these women were too beautiful to have a valid role to play in the debate and were misplaced on the Government’s Body Image Advisory Group that reported this week. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/moving-past-the-blame-game-on-body-image/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/moving-past-the-blame-game-on-body-image/#item1609 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Sarah Murdoch and Mia Freedman are hot. Like really, really hot. But I don’t reckon that fact takes away from their years of experience, their first hand insight and the value of their contributions on the subject of tackling negative body image. That was exactly the reaction we’ve seen this week though, from some who argued that these women were too beautiful to have a valid role to play in the debate and were misplaced on the Government’s Body Image Advisory Group that reported this week.