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Thread #59096   Message #940497
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
26-Apr-03 - 12:08 AM
Thread Name: Dixie Chicks Undressed, Unrepentant!
Subject: RE: Dixie Chicks Undressed, Unrepentant!
No, I simply don't care if the photo was airbrushed. But I also wonder why you must presume that they aren't beautiful women who could in fact successfully pose for such a shot? Hell, if I pulled in my tummy I could probably get away the torso portion, and I'm several years older than any of them. The thighs need a bit of the stretch-effect, though. ;) Though a lot of people don't look "perfect," they're still honest enough to know they'd look okay, or interesting, in a photo. Perhaps that is the case here, but you read something else in, simply because they are relatively young women. It must be about sex, not about character?

Look at the expressions on their faces. That's the most important part of the photo, anyway. Their eyes. Almost anything else in a photo can be a little off, and it's still okay. But if the eyes are shut, it doesn't work, because we all always look first at the eyes. You may look away to other parts quickly enough, but first you look at the eyes. And they didn't necessarily airbrush Maines, anyway. She's in the background, further back than you might think. It makes her look smaller, but it's just an old camera trick.

SRS