“Beauty Is Only Pixel Deep” – Photographer Shows Us How To Get The ‘Model’ Look

Anna Hill began experimenting with Photoshop at the age of 14, ten years on and the East Carolina University student has mastered the tool of deception.  The photographer decided she would prove how much advertising campaigns, fashion and beauty images are digitally manipulated. Beauty Is Only Pixel Deep is a project by Hill thats sole concept is highlighting just how far photo-editing can go. In an interview with Yahoo! she explained her project: "I think people like to be reminded that the beautiful models we're surrounded by daily aren't actually as real as they seem - without extensive makeup and editing, many don't look that much better than the rest of us." Hill created four self-portrait images that mock today's beauty advertising campaigns. "They really are altered so much, they may as well be advertising Photoshop rather than the products they actually sell," she added. Hill did confess how easy it's to see the altered images as more "real" than the originals, however explained that her eye is now trained "to see exactly where models have been altered." Hill's clever images received an amazing response after being posted on Reddit by a friend. The photographer advertises her Photoshop 'kit' as a 'face-lift, concealer and lipstick' all-in-one. "One thing I noticed when I was doing these that when I suddenly went back to the unedited image, it looked so wrong and kinda gross."   Hat-tip: Daily Mail.