In September 2013 a popular newspaper called The Sun teamed up with photographer Jenny Francis to take photos of male readers to recreating popular advertisement photos for male models. As Dove launched their Real Beauty campaign showing ‘real women’ (as mentioned earlier in the blog), this was a chance for men to have their say. Now, we know that most models have been airbrushed in some way to enhance their chiseled muscles or darken their already unnatural tan, but what would it be like to see real, natural men doing the modelling? Well, The Sun got four everyday men to stand in the same underwear, in the same poses as the male models and put the photographs side by side. Here are the products below:
Although these images are just a bit of fun, hopefully they have and will continue to encourage men to accept their bodies and show that not everybody is the same.
References
Hosmer, K. (2013). Real Men Pose Next to Famous Underwear Ads. [online] My Modern Met. Available at: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-sun-jenny-francis-hilarious-underwear-ads [Accessed 25 Apr. 2015].
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I didn’t see this, but yes it’s a great advert for real men. Real men are not really seen a great deal particularly on the big screen. They are all action hero types with muscles and abs.
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