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We Stuck Pimples On Billboards To Make Ads More Realistic
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We Stuck Pimples On Billboards To Make Ads More Realistic

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As a teenager, you look at a magazine and for the first time, it clicks in your head that that girl has no pores, that she smiles but her eyes have no wrinkles… that’s the moment you realize someone behind the scenes is changing how a face looks…as an adult… it gets you angry. It surely did get us angry and we decide to launch @Un.Photoshop

The ongoing effort involves bringing back what’s been erased – sticking stickers of pimples, wrinkles, stretch marks, dark circles and more onto the faces of people in ads who have obviously been photoshopped to an unattainable perfection.

We printed the stickers ourselves, adjusted the size and colors for different skin tones as we went, to make sure that our project was as inclusive and wide-reaching as possible. We want people to see that it’s ok to have pimples, and stretch marks, to point out just how photoshopped and fake ads have become. And most importantly; to start a conversation about moving forward in media, encouraging industries to stop these harmful beauty standards because it’s what their audience needs and wants to see, even if they don’t know it yet.

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    We printed the stickers ourselves, adjusted the size and colors for different skin tones

    ADVERTISEMENT

    We made sure that our project was as inclusive and wide-reaching as possible

    We want people to see that it’s ok to have pimples, and stretch marks

    And to point out just how photoshopped and fake ads have become

    We want to start a conversation about moving forward in media

    ADVERTISEMENT
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    We are encouraging industries to stop these harmful beauty standards

    This is what their audience needs and wants to see

    Even if they don’t know it yet

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    Master Markus
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have objections to the ones on the movies posters, since those aren't supposed to represent real life anyway.

    Smiljana Laban
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, especially the Ghost in the Shell one, as she is not an actual human in the movie.

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    .gas.
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this idea. I'd like to see more, like stretch marks, skin tags, etc. Wish the advertisers would just leave the photos untouched. They're not fooling anyone, anyway. Everyone knows they're fake.

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    Master Markus
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have objections to the ones on the movies posters, since those aren't supposed to represent real life anyway.

    Smiljana Laban
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, especially the Ghost in the Shell one, as she is not an actual human in the movie.

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    .gas.
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this idea. I'd like to see more, like stretch marks, skin tags, etc. Wish the advertisers would just leave the photos untouched. They're not fooling anyone, anyway. Everyone knows they're fake.

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