Visual Literacy

Kelly Clarkson:
1. Self Magazine, Getty Images
2. Airbrushing, photoshop
3. Brighter lights make her look better, the way she's standing
4. Her
5. The picture is including a friendly smile, but is missing any sense of reality at all.
6. Yes, it makes you want to be happy, like her.
7. No, you can tell it's faked.

Andy Roddick
1. Men's fitness magazine
2. Airbrushing, photoshop
3. Lighting to make his muscles look better
4. He is.
5. The picture includes him, but again is missing a single shred of realness.
6. Yes, it makes you want to be as manly as he is.
7. No, his body doesn't look realistic at all.





Britney Spears
1. Japanese magazine
2. Airbrushing, photoshop
3. The image is sort of fuzzy, lighting makes her look softer, the way she's standing makes her appear very feminine.
4. She is.
5. She is in the picture, again, subtracting realness.
6. You're supposed to be attracted to her and think that she's pretty.
7. No, it's obviously manipulated.