Beautiful women
August 13, 2009 5:39 AM Subscribe
Newsflash: women paid to be exceptionally beautiful, are still exceptionally beautiful underneath the heavy makeup and retouch.
The grainy black and white, and soft lighting, is magic for anyone, though.
posted by availablelight at 5:48 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
The grainy black and white, and soft lighting, is magic for anyone, though.
posted by availablelight at 5:48 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
without...excessive retouching
Excessive retouching? So has there been some retouching on these photographs?
posted by ciderwoman at 5:50 AM on August 13, 2009
Excessive retouching? So has there been some retouching on these photographs?
posted by ciderwoman at 5:50 AM on August 13, 2009
It'd be good if they posted up the totally unretouched photos, otherwise, what's the fucking point? (Though maybe they are just fixing contrast, etc.)
And yeah, the moral of the story seems to be, "Models still fucking hot."
posted by chunking express at 5:55 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
And yeah, the moral of the story seems to be, "Models still fucking hot."
posted by chunking express at 5:55 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
I noticed that they all have pretty eyes, with or without makeup or retouching, I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise since its something that's hard to fake.
Too bad they can't undo the horrible botox puffy lips thing.
A side note, when I clean up a portrait in photoshop for someone older, I ask them if they want to take any years off, or just want me to give them a good night's sleep. 90% of the effect comes from smoothing out the bags under the eyes. Its nice to see super models aren't immune to this.
posted by MiddleSea at 5:59 AM on August 13, 2009
Too bad they can't undo the horrible botox puffy lips thing.
A side note, when I clean up a portrait in photoshop for someone older, I ask them if they want to take any years off, or just want me to give them a good night's sleep. 90% of the effect comes from smoothing out the bags under the eyes. Its nice to see super models aren't immune to this.
posted by MiddleSea at 5:59 AM on August 13, 2009
I live in a neighborhood popular with high fashion models. People with better facial recognition skills than me can name them as they walk by. Regardless, they're pretty easy to spot because they all look like high fashion models, even when they're walking their dogs. (All models have dogs, apparently.)
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:03 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:03 AM on August 13, 2009
what
posted by fixedgear at 6:27 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by fixedgear at 6:27 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Newsflash: women paid to be exceptionally beautiful, are still exceptionally beautiful underneath the heavy makeup and retouch.
Heh, exactly. And since models have to have minimal and/or no makeup on when they're on client casting calls, it's not really a big surprise that they're so good-looking without help. Publish the Polaroids that casting agents take, and most fashion models are going to look very close to what they look like in advertisements, because it's easier to work with people who look like that to begin with.
posted by xingcat at 6:27 AM on August 13, 2009
Heh, exactly. And since models have to have minimal and/or no makeup on when they're on client casting calls, it's not really a big surprise that they're so good-looking without help. Publish the Polaroids that casting agents take, and most fashion models are going to look very close to what they look like in advertisements, because it's easier to work with people who look like that to begin with.
posted by xingcat at 6:27 AM on August 13, 2009
What would be more interesting is posting photos of singers/moviestars/etc that aren't photochopped up. (Apparently people were getting up in arms over Kelly Clarkson's cover image in Self.
posted by chunking express at 6:45 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by chunking express at 6:45 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Newsflash: women paid to be exceptionally beautiful, are still exceptionally beautiful underneath the heavy makeup and retouch.
Or in other words:
Newsflash: Models fit definition of models.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:52 AM on August 13, 2009
Or in other words:
Newsflash: Models fit definition of models.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:52 AM on August 13, 2009
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Bah. They look exactly the same!
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 7:08 AM on August 13, 2009
Category / Categorie: "Lingerie and Swimsuit"
Bah. They look exactly the same!
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 7:08 AM on August 13, 2009
Newsflash: women paid to be exceptionally beautiful, are still exceptionally beautiful underneath the heavy makeup and retouch.
I think it is hard to tell just how beautiful (a subjective issue in and of itself) a person is through a photograph. That said, I'm with smackfu in thinking that more than one of them looked like a zombie. Nice facial lines, yes, nice eyes, yes, but bony, unhealthy, and strangely proportioned is a description that fits for many models.
I would go far as to say that Kristen McMenamy is scary looking and unattractive in that photo, while on the other end of the spectrum Shalom Harlow is strikingly beautiful. Nadia Auermann has a pose that makes her look like a joyful person to be around...
So what did I learn? All the artifice that goes into setting up, taking, selecting, modifying and publishing a given photograph of a person dramatically changes our impression of their beauty...something I knew before, but like to have reaffirmed. Anyone can look ugly, or beautiful, in the right (or wrong) photograph.
posted by Muddler at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2009
I think it is hard to tell just how beautiful (a subjective issue in and of itself) a person is through a photograph. That said, I'm with smackfu in thinking that more than one of them looked like a zombie. Nice facial lines, yes, nice eyes, yes, but bony, unhealthy, and strangely proportioned is a description that fits for many models.
I would go far as to say that Kristen McMenamy is scary looking and unattractive in that photo, while on the other end of the spectrum Shalom Harlow is strikingly beautiful. Nadia Auermann has a pose that makes her look like a joyful person to be around...
So what did I learn? All the artifice that goes into setting up, taking, selecting, modifying and publishing a given photograph of a person dramatically changes our impression of their beauty...something I knew before, but like to have reaffirmed. Anyone can look ugly, or beautiful, in the right (or wrong) photograph.
posted by Muddler at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2009
Is that Sebastian Bach?
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:47 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:47 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
MiddleSea: "I noticed that they all have pretty eyes, with or without makeup or retouching..."
I'm seeing a lot of eye makeup there, still, on some of them.
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:55 AM on August 13, 2009
I'm seeing a lot of eye makeup there, still, on some of them.
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:55 AM on August 13, 2009
I misread the title of this post as "Classic models without orifice". It's a weird feeling when you steel yourself for something heinous and it turns out to be fine and in fact rather nice.
posted by ob at 8:17 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by ob at 8:17 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Black and white photography tends to bring out the beautiful in everyone. No make-up other than what they'd usually wear because the portraits were a complete surprise. No retouching other than the chemical B&W simulation from my software and some simple darkroom dodge/burn. (If there's magic, it's in the lighting.)
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:35 AM on August 13, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:35 AM on August 13, 2009 [2 favorites]
Crap. Forgot to add (self link) to that last comment.
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:35 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:35 AM on August 13, 2009
Yeah. I'd be curious to see this shoot done in color.
posted by statolith at 9:20 AM on August 13, 2009
posted by statolith at 9:20 AM on August 13, 2009
The grainy black and white, and soft lighting, is magic for anyone, though.
Also helps when none of your "mature" women is older than 44. 35 is YOUNG, people.
posted by ethnomethodologist at 10:06 AM on August 13, 2009
Also helps when none of your "mature" women is older than 44. 35 is YOUNG, people.
posted by ethnomethodologist at 10:06 AM on August 13, 2009
I would go far as to say that Kristen McMenamy is scary looking and unattractive in that photo, while on the other end of the spectrum Shalom Harlow is strikingly beautiful. Nadia Auermann has a pose that makes her look like a joyful person to be around...
yeah diito...shalom is looking even better these days...and nadia was always my favorite...i remember one spread she did where they painted her coal black all over...amazing.
posted by sexyrobot at 11:04 AM on August 13, 2009
yeah diito...shalom is looking even better these days...and nadia was always my favorite...i remember one spread she did where they painted her coal black all over...amazing.
posted by sexyrobot at 11:04 AM on August 13, 2009
Classic models without artifice
How can you tell from the pictures that these women are without artiface? Some of them could be quite shallow and two-faced.
posted by Pollomacho at 11:42 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
How can you tell from the pictures that these women are without artiface? Some of them could be quite shallow and two-faced.
posted by Pollomacho at 11:42 AM on August 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Some of them could be quite shallow and two-faced.
Hard is the word I would use. Which would make sense. Tough business, modeling. Only the strong survive.
(BTW, if they're anything like actresses, the notion that they are beautiful without make up has to be questioned. The camera does funny things, making the beautiful in person plain the made up plain in person striking. And that's before we talk retouching.)
posted by IndigoJones at 5:41 PM on August 13, 2009
Hard is the word I would use. Which would make sense. Tough business, modeling. Only the strong survive.
(BTW, if they're anything like actresses, the notion that they are beautiful without make up has to be questioned. The camera does funny things, making the beautiful in person plain the made up plain in person striking. And that's before we talk retouching.)
posted by IndigoJones at 5:41 PM on August 13, 2009
Where's the man version of this kind of thing? And doesn't the angle at which the face is viewed have a big impact?
posted by yesster at 7:15 PM on August 13, 2009
posted by yesster at 7:15 PM on August 13, 2009
These women TOTALLY have make up on. I can see lip pencil, matte eyeshadow, brow powder and even some highlighting pencil.
And note the qualifiers below.
"seeing them without makeup, EXCESSIVE retouching or COMPLICATED styling adds a new layer to their allure" says the website. Photoshop has done its usual magic, albeit with a more experienced hand.
Hey, wouldn't "Photoshop" be a great brand for a new line of concealer, powder, corrector, etc.?
posted by jfwlucy at 9:14 AM on August 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
And note the qualifiers below.
"seeing them without makeup, EXCESSIVE retouching or COMPLICATED styling adds a new layer to their allure" says the website. Photoshop has done its usual magic, albeit with a more experienced hand.
Hey, wouldn't "Photoshop" be a great brand for a new line of concealer, powder, corrector, etc.?
posted by jfwlucy at 9:14 AM on August 14, 2009 [1 favorite]
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