Image Manipulation

Is this really Oprah Winfrey? At a first glance you might think this was a picture of Oprah when she was younger, but in reality it’s not. It might be Oprah’s face but it’s not her body. The body belongs to the actress Ann-Margret. This image of Oprah appeared in the cover of TV Guide back in August 1989. This cover was created by slicing Oprah's head into the body of Ann-Margret which was taken in 1979 in a publicity shot. I mainly choose this picture because if I would have seen it and didn’t read that it had been manipulated it would have fooled me into thinking this was a real picture of Oprah. But I am not the only one fooled because a lot of people are fooled as well. Once it goes into public, people that admire Oprah or that they look up to her might get the message of having to have a great “perfect” body like her. This can cause a lot of harm to other girls especially teenagers who perceived this imagine of having a perfect body like the famous celebrities. Women sometimes become obsess in looking like these famous people that they sometimes stop eating or bring their self esteem down. Images like this one that are manipulated just send the wrong message about being “perfect.”

This was a perfect video that showed the reality in today’s media. When we see one of the celebrities that we wish to be like them we always ask ourselves “how can I get perfect like her?” While the reality is that they are also not perfect. This video shows how a famous celebrity is manipulated with Photoshop and how that “perfect” image is done before it is publicized. Imagine manipulation can really fool one’s eyes and the concept of being perfect. But this video’s purpose is to give the message that even famous people, that we consider perfect, are not perfect, there is no perfect person in the world.