Tara Lynn by Sølve Sundsbø*
Last week, I showed you the preview of Crystal Renn’s editorial of V Magazine’s upcoming Size Issue. V Magazine are obviously trying to generate a lot of buzz, as Models.com have released yet another preview from the issue: Day 2: Curves Ahead by Sølve Sundsbø. (For the complete editorial and full size images, head to Models.com. All images are copyright V Magazine and respective photographers.)
As the name suggests, this editorial places much more emphasis on the curvy body. In my opinion, the fashion is secondary to the thighs, hips and rolls on display.
Candice Huffine by Sølve Sundsbø
While I am completely in love with the Day 1 editorial, I have a lot less love for this shoot. When a magazine like V attempts to display larger bodies as artworks in and of themselves, it always appears as though they are fighting their fashion instincts.
We all know that fashion magazines photoshop. A lot. Freckles, cellulite, shadows, uneven skin tone – anything that is perceived to be a flaw is mercilessly eliminated. However, in this shoot fat rolls, normally an obvious flaw to be removed, must be kept as a feature of the editorial.
So how does a photography team accept the inclusion of fat rolls and present a flawless fashion spread? By doing a really bad job on photoshop.
Candice Huffine and Tara Lynn by Sølve Sundsbø
I mean, look at that. That picture is ridiculous. Candice Huffine has a beautiful roll on her back, yet her back does not bulge in any way. Tara Lynn has some adorable belly chub, yet her stomach stops exactly at the waistband and there is no overhang. Fat doesn’t sit so conveniently in real life.
This editorial is trying so hard to present the ‘real’ body and yet the finished product looks disappointly fake.
*As an aside, that first image of Tara Lynn looks an awful lot like a number of fat softcore pictures I’ve seen. For example, this picture of erotic model that I featured on Hey, Fat Chick. I don’t know if it was deliberate but it sure is interesting…
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