Truth & Beauty in Photojournalism

Real Beauty

This picture shows a man taking his children to the park. This picture is really beautiful because he is actually paying for his children to enter a park. Most people's fathers leave them or are never in their lives to begin with, and the fact that he is taking care of all of his 5 children is wonderful. He doesn't even have a proper mode of transportation but still found away to get his kids to the park safely.

Unauthentic Beauty

In this photo their is a beautiful model who works for Victoria Secret. Victoria's Secret is a clothing company and it has models to advertise their merchandise. The lighting in this photo really compliments the women;s skin complexion. The women is also half naked which may also draw attention to her. If you do the rule of thirds, the center of the photo is the women's breast. The blue in the photo stands out because its such a deep shade. This color is really calm in my opinion and that's why I was so drawn to it. It reminds me of the ocean and her wings remind me of an angel. I think the photographer's intention was to make her look heavenly and that can draw someone to it also. This photo is confusing beauty because the model has a lot of make up on. Her body is also photo shopped to enhance the photo. Thew way the light is reflecting off of her makes her skin look flawless. This photo is bias because it makes people think that you have to look like this to wear theses clothes- when you don't necessarily have to. Many people believe that skinny is better when in all actuality this model most likely starves herself to be this skinny. This photo can have a negative influence on someone who has been struggling with confidence. I think this is why they made a branch for "plus size" models. But the "plus size" models aren't really plus size, they aren't that much bigger than the actual models. This suggest that people take "plus size" as a joke because the models don't represent actual plus size ladies.