The April issue of Marie Claire France is numero 100% sans retouches! All the photos in the entire issue are unretouched (excluding the advertisements). Judging by the photos I've see, I wonder why they'd need to be photoshopped in the first place - the girls are naturally beautiful.
I hardly find knee creases or shiny cheeks to be confrontational or offending.
I hardly find knee creases or shiny cheeks to be confrontational or offending.
Frédérique Renaut, Fashion-Beauty Editor of Benjamin Kanarek blog, mentions the 'old school pre-photoshop' tricks the magazine would have used, such as: burning out the skin using overexposure, soft light, adding a half blue filter to whiten the skin, pulled back images, large smiles for celebrities so their nasal labial folds are hidden, pulled back hair with hands stretching the skin and smoothing the wrinkles. Using grainy film and converting the images to black and white to neutralize the skin tones.
(I guess, these are some tricks for the rest of us!)Covergirl, French actress Louise Bourgoin.
Of course, by seeing the beautiful and slim models still look almost perfect and gorgeous without any photoshopping could very well play on the insecurities of women even more!:-) I love the natural look of the photos though and vote to see more magazines rely more on photography tricks!
Internationally, Marie Claire are known for promoting good body image for their readers. The February 2010 issue in Australia shows former Miss Universe and all round loveable Aussie girl Jennifer Hawkins, naked and unretouched. A dimple and a hip crease never hurt anybody.
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As a professional Photoshop user, I'm impressed with the concept. Very bold. And you're right, the girls look great anyway. I hope this is a trend back to natural :/
ReplyDeletejessica simpson is the covergirl for marie claire here in the U.S. she has no makeup on and no photoshop at all. :)
ReplyDelete@Graham - Photoshop is definitely needed to create a certain atmosphere or enhance photographs but I think these days it's known more for making celebs/models look like living dolls!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on hoping this natural trend continues.
@Mimi - I googled images of Jessica Simpson just now, she looks great on the cover!! Well done to Jess, it's a very brave but positively encouraging move!
Ohh wow!! This is such a refreshing piece of info!! Sweet blog there! :) Follwoing you! :)
ReplyDeletelove all these marie claire covers.
ReplyDeleteits an awesome idea :) sometimes magazines get so carried away with photoshop.
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I don't understand why people actually retouch photo's when I heard they retouched most photo's in the fashion industry I was very surprised I just did not think they would go this far with the perfect thing!
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love these covers and they both look beautiful! we work at a top glossy and you woulnd't believe how much gets retouched!! Your blog is great, definitely be back! come follow TBAG if you fancy, love xx
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I am so glad magazines are going the untouched route! I saw Jessica Simpson untouched and without makeup on the cover of Marie Claire and she couldn't have looked more gorgeous! Definitely sends a positive message to women, too.
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