The daughter of the famous English TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, blogger and writer Emily Clarkson, refused to retouch her pictures and spoke about the dangerous consequences of the massive use of Photoshop. The relevant material is published by the Daily Mail.
The 26-year-old British woman warned that "perfect" pictures of women can have a negative impact on children, as they cause complexes. “I am worried that there will be a generation of girls who will not have a single example proving that they look normal,” she admitted.
“Some of the features in these apps seem harmless until kids start using them to completely change their appearance. There are girls who simply will not publish a photo if it has not gone through retouching and filters. It's pretty scary, it only gets worse over time,”said Clarkson.
According to the Girlguiding survey, a third of the girls surveyed do not really post selfies on social networks without first correcting their appearance. Of the 1,473 respondents aged 11 to 21, about 39 percent said they were upset that they didn't look the same in real life as they did on the Internet. In addition, media personalities and bloggers who make money from social media agreed that this trend has gone too far.
The writer also added: “What brought me to my senses was the pictures of the missing girls. It is known that when a child goes missing, the family sends his photo to the police so that they can begin a search. I have seen some of the pictures provided that show children with bunny ears or freckles. This indicates that these families did not have normal photos of their daughters. It is sad.
According to the publication, in July, make-up artist and model Sasha Pallari expressed her outrage online when she saw that one cosmetics brand used heavily edited photos. Thanks to her, the hashtag #filterdrop appeared, and the number of calls on social networks increased to warn users about the use of filters on a specific photo at the legislative level.
Earlier in September, Emily Clarkson exposed the "perfect looks" deception on social media with her photos. She shared a video in which she takes turns showing the shots with the filter applied, and then the shots without any retouching. In this way, Clarkson demonstrated how the effects change the appearance of people beyond recognition.
