The world’s largest stock photo agency is banning retouched photos in which models’ body shapes have been adjusted.
Getty Images sent an email to its contributors this week stating that as of Oct. 1, the company will “require that you do not submit to us any creative content depicting models whose body shapes have been retouched to make them look thinner or larger,” according to a screenshot of the email posted by USA Today.
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