By: Marianne of SCANDICA

Marianne of SCANDICA — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:57:57 +0000

I was reading your blog about Faith Hill and just had to drop a quick comment to express my support to you and your opinions and rage over retouching. It is a crime against us women, no matter what age. And it is even bigger crime against our daughters and granddaughters, who grow up in this airbrushed world believing that what you see is for real.
I am a photographer who has been fighting against airbrushing and everything it represents. To make a point, I took some nude pics of a 50 year old woman and posted them on my blog. Then I asked people to guess her age. Please take a look:
http://scandica.blogspot.com/2007/08/who-is-she.html
And when I told how old she is, people were amazed:
http://scandica.blogspot.com/2007/08/she-is-corinna-50.html
The point is not what a hot lady she is, or how darn good photographer I am. The point is to wake people (read: women) up to realize how great and sexy and perfect they are, just the way they are! No fix up surgery, no editing needed. We don’t have to look like 20 yr old girls with skinny waist and perky tits when we are 40 and our pregnancies have left fingerprints on us. We are still sexy. We are still beautiful. And in many ways I feel 10 times more beautiful now than I ever did in my 20’s!!! I am going to be sexy and beautiful in my 80’s! It has nothing to do with the way I look. It’s how I feel and see myself.
Anyway, just wanted to tell you that you have my support. I wonder how many people like us is needed before this changes ? Or will it ever?
Take care,
Marianne
SCANDICA Fine Art Photography

By: Steve M

Steve M — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:53:51 +0000

One man's perspective at blogolob.net.

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