@lovechocolita im familiar with these shots and im pretty sure they’re all (except tyla’s) by black darkskin (except one) photographers. not that that purifies their intentions, but imo black creatives should be able to portray our skin with the same creative freedom white skin is often awarded
idk man. i think its more problematic that the first thing coming to one’s mind when they see editing like this is “props and shadows” this photo style is done across the industry to make shots more striking. nobody sees white models looking paler and calls them “shadows”
if i were to ever become a model i would literally put one of my non negotiables as i am not a prop or shadow & you are not to edit my skin as such
@lovechocolita i totally get what you mean and i think you’re making a fair point, but this has always been pavarotti’s (and many other photographers’) style and he does this with white and black models alike. (none of these models are nearly this pale irl)
I remember when Brazilian social media discovered my tribe, and they started a trend doing comb coils to mimic the traditional curl patterns of the men. Everyone looked like my relative lol. Every ethnic group has a Brazilian twin. 1st vid(Brazilian), 2nd and 3rd pic(my tribe)