Miu Miu S/S 2007 : Lindsay Lohan by Mert & Marcus

[Kanna]

#265 In the first pic she looks like Natalia.

 

[misssakura]

i have to greatly disagree with you. i know several photographers working in the field professionally and with the introduction of digital technology in photography, professionals are even more likely to use that ease of alteration to their advantage and more frequently. Before, with traditional photography and before photoshop, altering a photo was a lot of work in the dark room, not to mention a very exspensive process if something was not right (lighting, exposure, etc.) The photographers really needed to know their stuff to take high fashion photos, and they got paid good money for their talents.

Today, many many professional photographers use digital and for many reasons. Fixing bad lighting, skin conditions, the weight of a model, saturation, contrast, exposure, etc, can be edited completely in photoshop and other programs. That's why being an apprentice photographer is so much easier because you have all of these tools at your disposal. Many jobs have been lost because of this, and also many more unskilled photographers can use digital technology to fix other-wise crutial mistakes that would, in the past, single out the talent from the amateur.

even if you see the shots they take on americans next top model for each challenge, almost all of those shots are taken digitally and photoshopped to get those girls looking the best they can. (unless an unphotoshopped image is what they are after..........)

My argument is also based on knowing a lot of photographers, none of whom use film. Perhaps I only socialise with perfectionists but they hate to leave the outcome of the photo to anyone else. They feel they have failed if they can't make the subject look good in camera

 

[|PerfectTonight|]

Can someone explain why my post was removed?

 

[kissmesweet]

She's a trainwreck, sure, but imo she's naturally very pretty and photographs well.

I'm with you. She's gorgeous and is so photogenic. She looks amazing in photos and editorials!

 

[jun3machina]

My argument is also based on knowing a lot of photographers, none of whom use film. Perhaps I only socialise with perfectionists but they hate to leave the outcome of the photo to anyone else. They feel they have failed if they can't make the subject look good in camera

im not even going to say anything 'cause it's going to get me into trouble

 

[city girl]

i like the last two images of the campaign alot more than the first image we got to see..

 

[Fashion Lover]

Usually I'm sucker for ad campaigns and rarely dislike any, but I just was not feeling these pictures in the slightest. I love the metallic silver and gold bag in the second picture though. If anything the accessories in the pictures steal the spotlight from Lohan.

 

[gr77]

i love these ads.
lindsay can look very good on photos.she's naturally pretty and quite talented imo.her public persona is another issue.

 

[Caroliiine]

miu miu just proved me that almost every average girl can look amazing in ads.

Sorry to disappoint, but Lindsay is far from an "average girl".

Average girls don't get modeling contracts with Ford Models at age 4.

Nor do they get big movie deals, album, magazine covers, etc. (and yes, her attractiveness has something to do with her being a teen sensation. Few females succeed in Hollywood without being at least somewhat attractive. You do have your exceptions, but the majority of the time, you need to be at least somewhat pretty -- and before this becomes an issue, I'm not saying you have to be attractive to succeed, just that it's not a coincidence everyone who is famous looks really good)

One look at MySpace and you'll see that Lindsay is a lot prettier/photogenic/attractive than the average girl.

Are there more ads coming out? I really like what I've seen so far.

 

[Ceptuouse]

^ There should be more

 

[sofialuv]

Originally Posted by style_expert
Well I'm not that excited at all. It does look better than expected just because we can hardly recognize Lohan..they should have gone for a real model instead and save cost on photoshopping

What?! Do you believe that real models are not photoshopped?!
...the innocence....

 

[misssakura]

im not even going to say anything 'cause it's going to get me into trouble

You can say what you want...I don't mind. I'm just stating that my Dad's best friend is a photographer, so I grew up with that. And then I went into photography and learned that if you don't make the subject look good in camera it's going to be a mission to get anything salvagable. And of course by wanting to be a photographer I met a lot of photographer friends who try to do as little retouching as possible.

These guys are pros and it just offends me that everybody credits the look of the campaign to retouchers. A lot of hard work would have gone into this shoot to get the best possible look in camera, not just from the photographers but from makeup artists etc. And even on ANTM as you state, yes they do retouch a bit but they do show you raw photographs from time to time too and they aren't -radically- different.

I just wish people would stop instantly crying "PHOTOSHOP!" the second they see a decent ad campaign. Way more goes into it than that.

 

[BaroqueRockstar]

Originally Posted by style_expert
Well I'm not that excited at all. It does look better than expected just because we can hardly recognize Lohan..they should have gone for a real model instead and save cost on photoshopping

What?! Do you believe that real models are not photoshopped?!
...the innocence....

of course not. difference is, the large majority of the people in the world don't recognize models (excluding VS models like adriana lima and gisele, and of course Kate) so it doesn't matter that their photoshopped

 

[Crakk]

The campaign reminds me of the W 'City Slickers' by Mert & Marcus, I think thats why I like it so much,...


[style]

OMGGGGGgg! YO I WAS JUS SAYING THIS! You and i think alike. She is giving me City Slicker DOWN in those ad pics. The whole abstract art focused in on a singular pose with fierce coloring. Its funny that Miucca decided to go with this styling, especially since it holds such a huge likeness to the W Mag editorial in which Gemma was apart of, Karl basically dissed Lindsay, and Gemma is MUSE of Karl...LOL. Punch her Karl and Gemma!

 

[irresistable_loz]

what i don't understand is why everyone is thinking she has been photoshopped.. pick up any of the latest weeklys and you'll be hard pressed not to find her in an article alongside nicole richie and mary-kate olsen in the case of the 00 sizing....

 

[Ceptuouse]

people would still be complaining if she had been photoshopped or not so...

 

[ponytrot]

so true...

 

[kissmesweet]

^^ haha. Yep. Then again all ads are photoshopped. I find Mert and Marcus are similar to Camilla Akrans, but better and classier.

 

[iyemstoopid]

you have to admit, whether you like the ads or not, the thread wouldnt be this big if it was just a model. im not a fan of lilo, but her and miu miu certainly surprised me here.

 

[BerlinRocks]

snapped this in Vogue Paris (don't know if it's a repost or not... if it is feel free to delete..)



there's a problem with her head and neck....her head looks too big for her body...
and sorry about the photoshop... but even if there're big professionals I know there's no doubt... but photoshop is everywhere, now!!! every single image is retouched!