Due to the discussion started on the elder post Photoshop: ¿use o abuse? I am going to give the debate a new approach.

Personally, I agree with everything we talked on the other post. The law proposal seems to be a way to distract our attention from other mayor problems, as many governments have been trying to do lately.

Nevertheless, the topic is really interesting and there are other points of view we haven’t taken into account yet. Things like one of Ralph Lauren’s latest campaigns shouldn’t be allowed:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/14/filippa-hamilton-ralph-la_n_320396.html

But on the other hand, we find photographers such as Jill Greenberg or Garrigosa who base their work in retouching techniques with a lot of talent, and that shouldn’t be banned.

We should be really worried about some models’ extreme slimness, as that is no digital retouching… it is real life. Paris Fashion Week is an example of what we need to be concerned of. During its celebration controversy was once again raised, as some of the models didn’t reach the minimum weight required in many countries… and that happens in the same country that wants to tag the use of Photoshop!

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