A Woman's Body Image

This photograph is well known, at least in my department of Photography and Digital Imaging, because it’s so over photoshopped, it isn’t realistic at all. A Ralph Lauren advertisement of Filipaa Hamilton, which if you’ve ever seen her, isn’t this stick thin or awkwardly shaped. When I look at this, honestly, I’d like to believe it’s a mistake, but this is a very good example of media pushing its limits with body image. Unfortunately, there are young girls and woman who base themselves off of these images, and they just aren’t realistic. I see a sick woman in some nice clothing and that’s about it. But people with body issues, see a beautiful girl that is skinny, beautiful, and well dressed. I think people have been trained to see these kinds of images and believe them. I’ve recently actually been astonished to find out that friends of mine had no idea you could touch up skin. This is faulty representation of what woman are supposed to look like. For example, Marilyn Monroe. Although, she wouldn’t have been as big of a celebrity if she didn’t die at the time she did, she was a real representation of a beautiful woman. A size 13 has never looked so good and she wore it well, which reflected the women of that time and how people felt about themselves. I think the magazine’s intentions were to use their product, along with a female, to portray a certain feel or outcome of there product. For example, if you use Ralph Laurens product you will be this beautiful, skinny, “perfect looking”, I guess.