Sep 29, 2017 21:00:00

Getty Images bans photos that have been processed with Photoshop to prevent 'overweight models'

Thin, sleek and tall style models are often people's yearnings, but when the tendency is escalated the overweight model is regarded as a problem and even anorexia nervosa suffers It happens too often. From October 1, 2017,

Getty Images (Getty Images), one of the world's leading photo and image agencies, announced a policy to lock out photos processed with Photoshop and other images after taking them from the company's service.

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Getty will ban Photoshopped pictures that make models look thinner-The Verge
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This decision is in line with the law in force from the same day in France. Under this law, companies that use commercial photography in France are required to disclose whether the model shown in the photograph has been processed to be thin or tall. In addition, the model is obliged to receive proof from a doctor that “the risk is not too thin and the BMI value is appropriate”, and 70,000 for the agent of the model that violates this. A fine of € 5,000 (approximately ¥ 10 million) will be imposed.

With the enforcement of this law, Getty Images has revised its usage rules and announced that it will apply a policy from October 1, 2017 that prohibits the provision of photographic images that have been processed to make people look thinner. . The same policy applies to iStock run by Getty Images.

By Mario AV

In addition, this regulation is concerned with processing concerning the fineness of body shape that French law covers, and it does not apply to the processing concerning the color of the hair, the shape of the nose and the color of the skin.