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How old is this woman?

by Paul Colgan

30 Oct 05:59am

Filed under: Body Image, Digital Retouching, Photography

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The image with digital retouching by Abbie Muntz of FauxPink.

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.

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Dapper says:

07:46pm | 11/02/10

I thought the lady in the first photo was in her mid-40s who underwent a hell of a lot of plastic surgery. In the digitally altered photo, you can still see the eye wrinkles but it looks like she has cheek implants and a top lip implant as well. I… Read more »
Anthony says:

03:44pm | 11/02/10

It just goes to show how easily the media can skew the truth to make thing seem more appealing. But unfortunately, corruption is what fuels this modern, industrialised world. Read more »

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Moving past the blame game on body image

by Kate Ellis

30 Oct 05:45am

Filed under: Body Image, Digital Retouching, Media, Society

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Sarah Murdoch and Mia Freedman are hot. Like really, really hot.

Sarah Murdoch launching her untouched magazine cover this week.

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.

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Missamoo says:

03:57pm | 31/10/09

I’m just so glad it’s being talked about i remember reading The Beauty Myth and it was predicting men having the same body issues as women in the future sadly that has come to pass. I don’t remember the exact quote but it was something like if/when this happened no… Read more »
nice says:

11:08pm | 30/10/09

Nice of Kate Ellis and Mia Freedman to take the time to read and reply to comments - esp those addressing Eric’s concerns. Well done! Read more »