Week VI - Reading Quiz "The Man Who Makes The Picture Perfect"

- Reading Quiz -

1. What is Pascal Dangin’s job? In what ways is it creative?

Pascal Dangin's job is a digital retoucher for fashion's and Hollywood's most famous photographers.  Being a photo retoucher/editor is a creative job because "he's not someone who just pushes a button."  Dangin is able to express himself using his editing techniques through the use of his computer.   He thinks about what he does and how his "retouching" will effect the look and perception of a photo.  

2. What is his attitude about the ethics of the job he does?  

Dangin believes that the world we live in, everything is "glorified"; Everyone wants to look good.  We live in a society where a majority of what we see, has in some way, been retouched or edited.  We live in a society where everything is one big advertisement.  Dangin said "we're selling an image."   Some people believe that Dangin's job is sometimes "excessive", yet he likes to stay true to what 'the eyes can see,' since the idea of "pure beauty" is hard to find in the society we live in.