PR for People® Reviews: BOOKS: By Barbara Lloyd McMichael Beauty books are part of a burgeoning industry – some market analyses suggest that the beauty market worldwide will amount to $265 billion this year.
She comes to the studio armed with a small arsenal of supplies with which she will work her magic to make my subject look and feel beautiful. She does this all the time and when she leaves, the images that follow her bear the imprint of a professional. Her “magic” is often so subtle that you have to look hard to see what she has done. Yet, that’s the whole idea of her art. She enhances her subjects so that the enhancements themselves seem to fit like parts of a jigsaw puzzle that bring the whole image together. They form the basic parts of my images of beauty.
Fifty years ago, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote that “In such an ugly time, the true protest is beauty.” Today, at a time when even our discourse is ugly, may beauty infuse the vision for which we protest.
Beauty is skin deep, but this doesn’t stop the Fashion and Beauty Industry from making millions. Modern Society is bombarded on Social Media with a certain perception of Beauty. If you happen to miss all that, you might notice the giant billboards on your way to work.