Digitally enhanced photographs in France may have to be clearly shown with caption that says digitally enhanced or something that is similar. Some politicians in France think this may be necessary as it may help teenagers and some adults to see that to be looking as sexy as the digitally enhanced super models in photographs can be unrealistic. Some people went through extreme eating disorders to lose weight unhealthily, and only few people could achieve the sexiness that looks like digitally enhanced super models in photographs. Not a healthy thing to do obviously!
It’s clearly shown that technology such as computer graphic software can digitally edit just about any photograph to make it looks so realistic that one cannot tell there is a digital editing process involved or not. Slap on the caption to clarify that digital editing was involved is a good thing in general. The confusion can be cleared up, and people don’t have to argue or guess or go through unhealthy diet process to be just like the sexy models that were digitally enhanced in photos.
I think America should do the same thing! Though France has not yet legislated any law to mandate that photographers should label their photos as digitally enhanced or not, but it’s a good thing that politicians in France recognizes the unhealthy factors about digitally enhanced photographs. America needs to be talking about this too as there are way too many people in America are totally buy into the perfect looking sexy models in ads and magazines and on the Internet — though the photos are usually digitally enhanced. When a society begins to think that looking extremely thin as sexy, diseases such as anorexia and bulimia can be more common. Digitally enhanced photographic software can be a good example of how technology can do both good and bad for society.
Vinh Nguyen
