Usually influencers live from a perfect world of appearance. In their photos they show their flawless side. Danae Mercer shows how little this has to do with reality. Like many influencers, the young woman is a professional when it comes to poses and image editing.
But she juxtaposes the manipulated body photos with unedited original snapshots in similar poses.
In videos she shows how the perfect pictures are created. First comes the perfect pose and the perfect viewing angle, the wide-angle lens of the smartphone stretches your legs as you take the picture.
But that’s not all. It shows how the breasts grow in bikini pictures, the stomach becomes flat like a washboard, all with just a few clicks. And the whole thing also works with video. There are special apps for this that stretch legs, smooth skin and enlarge breasts.
Cellulite? Stretch marks? No chance. Anyone who is familiar with digital image processing tools will end up looking like a “Victoria’s Secret” model after a two-week fast.
Mercer himself suffered from an eating disorder. She knows how the supposed Instagram perfectionism can work.
She warns young people about the pictures of the influencers, under no circumstances should they serve as a role model.
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