I have attached an image from a New York Times article posted yesterday. This article showcases models for New York Fashion Week in before and after makeup transformations. Click on link to see more. http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/model-morphosis/
I think this highlights what I was saying in my first blog about natural versus unnatural retouching with respect to when unnatural retouching might be appropriate. Should the image on the right at the bottom of this post be printed in a fashion magazine I think heavy handed retouching would make sense. The model in the after picture does not look natural before retouching. The makeup she is wearing and I’m sure the clothes she will wear on the catwalk is highly stylized and dramatic. I don’t expect I will ever see anyone with makeup like this except maybe at a costume ball. Frankly the model is prettier without the makeup in my opinion but the clothing designer who requested this makeup is clearly going for a glamorous other worldly look. Such being the case I think this is a good example of a time when unnatural retouching would complement the photo.
Example of photo in which unnatural retouching would be complementary
I swear, I thought that was an old photo of Uma Thurman!