Some people say we should pass laws to prevent this kind of distortion from happening, whether that would work, I don't know. It would be difficult to draw a clear line on what is going "too far", and where does the artist's realm come into play? Its a big grey area if you ask me. I personally love using photoshop, let's just say healing brush and I go way back. But the kind of things that are going on in the pictures above... uhhh, when did looking like a Holocaust victim help you sell clothing? This is NOT healthy!!! And letting people, especially emotionally crazed teens think that that figure is possible, let alone "cool" is wrong. But making a law is kinda wrong too. I think maybe a label on the photo stating it has been drastically altered would be good, kinda like the "dramatization" label that comes up in TV shows and commercials. Lets face it this is in a way false advertising, they should have to state it just like any other company.
Some of the photoshops are so bad, you wonder how they ever even managed to go to print. Check this one out of Oprah! Pretty sure whoever thought that one up wasn't the brightest bulb in the bunch. 
Some stars are even getting mad (with good reason) about their photos being altered. They want to show their real bodies. I say good for them! It's time a little truth hit Hollywood.
Some stars are even getting mad (with good reason) about their photos being altered. They want to show their real bodies. I say good for them! It's time a little truth hit Hollywood.
Want more info? Follow the links below!
http://shine.yahoo.com/fall-beauty/image-of-ultra-thin-ralph-lauren-model-sparks-outrage-521480.html
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/the-worlds-most-famous-photoshop-fakes
http://www.more.com/news/womens-issues/jamie-lee-curtis-true-thighs
http://www.yourcover.com/Articles/Most-Blatant-Uses-of-Photoshop-in-Magazines-Ads/
http://www.eonline.com/news/254745/julia-roberts-and-christy-turlington-ads-deemed-overly-photoshopped-banned-in-britain
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