Friday, July 23, 2010

News of the Weird: Fat Model Demands Special Treatment

Okay, admittedly, she's not that fat (although I fail to see what people see in her; her poses are lame). Anyway, Crystal Renn was upset that her photos were retouched and she was made to look "thinner."
This irritates me. Yeah, I get that she was anorexic and she doesn't want to portray an unhealthy image for girls. But models get retouched all the time. Skin, hair, eyes, breasts, whatever. It's part of fashion photography. Always was and hopefully, always will be.
Art isn't about portraying the straight reality. It's about portraying something beautiful...something that makes people wonder.
Renn isn't a photographer. She's just a model. Her job is to pose so it makes me mad that she is trying to tell the photographer how to do his job. Her image is his creation. If she doesn't like it, maybe she should stop modeling. I'm sure no one will miss her bologna-of-the-sea pictures.
:/

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