Vogue UK Releasing Doco Showing How Damaging Photoshop Can Be

She admitted that the art of Photoshopping was only a ‘tiny part’ of the trickery used to make models look younger and slimmer.

‘It’s basically a huge team of people that go in to create the image, of which retouching is the icing on the cake. You can do far more with lighting and make-up,’ she said.

The film is currently being edited and looks to be distributed in British schools starting in August. Our hope is that this documentary will be widely available around the world, perhaps online for purchase or download.

The film, TV and beauty industry has been under heavy scrutiny for a long time when it comes to doctoring images in campaigns and magazines. As a result it fosters a thought pattern that these celebrities and models look a certain way and in turn young female (and often male) consumers look to these unrealistic role models.

It’s an important statement to make and the fact it is coming from Vogue means it will be powerful. We as the public aren’t so naive to think that there isn’t some form of editing done in magazine images, but when it is taken to an extreme where the subject is almost unrecognizable, then what is the point? Who are they aiming and and what is the end game? To sell a product to customers and continually make them feel inadequate about who they are that they will keep buying.

Here are some famous photoshopped images images of celebrities you may have already seen on the internet:

What do you think about this new documentary produced by Vogue UK? Do you think it will have a positive and huge impact on the young girls who watch it?