http://janeshure.com/blog/2009/05/29/the-role-of-photoshop-in-our-lives/ Sat, 19 May 2012 19:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://janeshure.com/blog/2009/05/29/the-role-of-photoshop-in-our-lives/#comment-86 Danie Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:10:20 +0000 http://janeshure.com/blog/?p=62#comment-86 I love the idea that perfect beauty requires airbrushing - what does that even mean to the people who decide what goes in these magazines? Why is that their goal? I love the idea that perfect beauty requires airbrushing - what does that even mean to the people who decide what goes in these magazines? Why is that their goal?

]]> http://janeshure.com/blog/2009/05/29/the-role-of-photoshop-in-our-lives/#comment-77 myname Sat, 30 May 2009 19:56:20 +0000 http://janeshure.com/blog/?p=62#comment-77 We crave these images because we need a picture of perfection. We escape through movies,magazines, books and art in order to experience catharses. "Real" images challenge us to face ourselves. We want to see images that we have no way of attaining and can provide the goal or escape or excuse we need. If we can be sold to- we are vulnerable. If we can see what is real- perhaps we can be stronger. We crave these images because we need a picture of perfection. We escape through movies,magazines, books and art in order to experience catharses. “Real” images challenge us to face ourselves. We want to see images that we have no way of attaining and can provide the goal or escape or excuse we need. If we can be sold to- we are vulnerable. If we can see what is real- perhaps we can be stronger.

]]>