It’s always annoyed me that Kevin Rudd was criticised for his policies, but Julia Gillard is criticised for her hair.

It’s not just women though. Men have to spend hour upon hour in the gym, they gel their hair, they have their razors and nose-hair trimmers and the latest in fashion too.

We’re all under irrational pressure to look good and wouldn’t you say that in a perfect world, men wouldn’t have to worry about all that either?

Women aren’t ‘insisting’ on wearing makeup. Trust me, we’d all rather not!! But if we showed up to work in track pants with our hair out, we’d be fired. We’re taught to look good from a very young age because without that lifelike P/S, we don’t get anywhere.

You see it in the animal kingdom, too – the peacock with the brightest feathers gets the most attention, but at least they’re working what they’re born with. It’s worrying that we live in a society where the expectation is that you’ll fake, edit and create 90% of your look.

I thought this was a really interesting arcticle. It’s difficult to determine how much responsibility the photographer has in promoting and creating ‘beauty’ – the client has a right to be happy with their photos and feel beautiful, but at the same time, isn’t the truth more important? Interesting to see how this will end up; if we’ll keep painting our photos until they’re someone else’s face, or rebel and go back to basics.

Whether I give my clients what they want isn’t in question here. I always aim to make the client happy. : )
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