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Interview: Before and After Photos of Teens Asked to Edit Their Selfies for Social Media

Interview: Before and After Photos of Teens Asked to Edit Their Selfies for Social Media

Interview: Before and After Photos of Teens Asked to Edit Their Selfies for Social Media

British photographer Rankin found 15 teenagers who don't regularly use photo editing apps and took simple, natural portraits of them. After a quick lesson on how to use basic editing apps on their phones, they were asked to filter their image so that it would get more likes. The results are an astonishing look at how our online images are becoming increasingly homogenized and the effects these beauty ideals are having on our youth. (2019)

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