Re: Photoshop Ethics

In the article titled Warning: this unrealistic image has been Photoshopped, Jaqui Cheng addresses the controversy surrounding photos that have been edited beyond realism using Photoshop. She talks about how in America, almost every photo has been edited in some way. However, in France, lawmakers are concerned about the effect that Photoshopping has on body images, especially those of adolescents. A member of the French parliament, Valerie Boyer, has proposed a new law that would require edited photos to have a warning so that veiwers would be aware that the image was not authentic. I strongly agree with Boyer's proposition, as I believe too many people's body image suffers because they compare them to enhanced bodies of women who have unrealistic bodies in the first place.