Comments on: Our face falls: Positive Dove ads retouched to high heaven? [updated] http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188 Media trespasses against us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jennifer http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12996 Jennifer Mon, 12 May 2008 01:27:20 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12996 Yep, I saw the follow-up, and updated the article according to it. And to asd -- unfortunately we don't have the ability to discern what's real and what's not, as you can learn by <a href="http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/dsef07/t5.aspx?id=7380" rel="nofollow">clicking here</a>. So we keep measuring ourselves against these ideals. Jennifer About-Face Yep, I saw the follow-up, and updated the article according to it.

And to asd — unfortunately we don’t have the ability to discern what’s real and what’s not, as you can learn by clicking here. So we keep measuring ourselves against these ideals.

Jennifer
About-Face

]]> By: jim http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12964 jim Sun, 11 May 2008 16:08:02 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12964 There's an interesting follow-up article on <a href="http://adage.com/article?article_id=126945" rel="nofollow">Ad Age</a>. Quote: <blockquote cite="http://adage.com/article?article_id=126945">In the joint statement Mr. Dangin said, "The recent article published by The New Yorker incorrectly implies that I retouched the images in connection with the [2005] Dove 'real women' ad. I only worked on the [2007 Dove Pro-Age] campaign taken by Annie Leibovitz and was directed only to remove dust and do color correction -- both the integrity of the photographs and the women's natural beauty were maintained."</blockquote> There’s an interesting follow-up article on Ad Age.

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In the joint statement Mr. Dangin said, “The recent article published by The New Yorker incorrectly implies that I retouched the images in connection with the [2005] Dove ‘real women’ ad. I only worked on the [2007 Dove Pro-Age] campaign taken by Annie Leibovitz and was directed only to remove dust and do color correction — both the integrity of the photographs and the women’s natural beauty were maintained.”

]]> By: asd http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12871 asd Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:11 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12871 Surely the problem is that our standard of 'beauty' is inhuman? The media celebrates extremes of (x qualitty) that can never be achieved in actual people, as a mechanism for creating insecurity about self image, and hence, consumption. Surely the problem is that our standard of ‘beauty’ is inhuman? The media celebrates extremes of (x qualitty) that can never be achieved in actual people, as a mechanism for creating insecurity about self image, and hence, consumption.

]]> By: PlanningQueen http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12868 PlanningQueen Fri, 09 May 2008 14:05:11 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/188#comment-12868 Greenpeace are also running a campaign about Dove. " Unilever, the makers of Dove beauty products, are buying palm oil from suppliers who destroy Indonesia's rainforests." Check out their website for more details. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/asia-pacific/dove-palmoil-action Greenpeace are also running a campaign about Dove. ” Unilever, the makers of Dove beauty products, are buying palm oil from suppliers who destroy Indonesia’s rainforests.” Check out their website for more details.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/asia-pacific/dove-palmoil-action

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