Posted on 06/26/2014 6:03:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In an effort to get a glimpse of how the world thinks about beauty, the journalist Esther Honig sent out a photo of herself to graphic designers in more than 20 countries. Their task: to edit the photo to make Honig look "beautiful" — however the designer defined the term.
The results are telling. Each photo represents the personal and cultural beauty standards of the designer, with the American editor giving Honig bright blue eyes and long hair, and the Israeli designer darkening her eyes and skin.
You can read more about the project at Honig's website. Click below to see photos from the 19 different countries she's posted so far.
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Concur. I thought the Serbian version was quite attractive and was only a slight touch up on the woman.
They got United States wrong. In the U.S., celebrity women have enormous bee-stung lips resembling a goose’s anus.
I found that to be interesting. I wasn’t really fond of any of them, I guess you need to have a good base to work with first... I suppose.
I’d hit all but the India and Morroco ones.
(In before Laz)
Those caterpillars India added are creeping me out.
And that habib hass me thinking terrorism.
US was kind of wierd, they slanter her eyes.
And I liked what the Phillipines did with her hair.
Greece.
I don’t think any of them are really pretty.
There were several girls in my high school class who were prettier and by a good bit.
They actually erased her collarbones. I didn't like the American version, and she is actually prettier in a the untouched version than a lot of them.
I think the big lesson here is that no matter where you are in the world, what culture you belong to, people need more Photoshop lessons.
Very interesting.
Agreed. I see more attractive young ladies pretty much every day. She’s not ugly, but doesn’t stand out by any means.
Like another poster said upthread, it’s all about the “look at me” factor. Narcissistic shallow chick fishing for attention.
RE: I don’t think any of them are really pretty.
We gotta remember the original material.... you can only do so much with it...
just saying...
I sometimes wonder if my memory is accurate. It was nearly 50 years ago that I was in high school. A few days ago I got out my old 65 annual and sure enough, they were just as beautiful as I remembered.
“I think she looks good as is!”
My first thought as well, I did the the UK version though.
That was exactly my reaction. Perhaps they had a gay guy do the work on it.
Ha ha! Morocco!
Oddly, I find the Moroccan version the most attractive.
One thing I’ve learned from a limited knowledge of photography is that cultures have very different ideas around color photography and prints. Images that we consider “honest” color here in the US is dull and lifeless in Asia; European imagery is “cooler” than ours. Film (when they actually made many kinds) was formulated for each region.
Pakistan would be my pick.
I agree... and Esther is a such a beautiful name as well.
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