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    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: I was just checking out a photographer's retouching work on some pictures of a fairly famous actress. Believe me, the before and afters give any 'thin... more »
    veronykah: Is it bad that these images don't look that different than high fashion models to me? The manipulated bodies could pass for high fashion model in my b... more »
    skahammer: Suppose I took the nonjudgmental position on people who want to do this to their bodies -- where would that leave me? I mean, I try not to judge peopl... more »
    vwlphb: 'Ivonne Thein' sounds kinda like 'I vont thin' to me. more »
    morninggloria: I was very thin in early high school and I wanted so badly to gain weight, but I couldn't. I would look at pictures of girls with normal weight bodie... more »
    devilchyld22: My fiances response when seeing the pictures "Good god that girl is skinny" He's not exactly the most PC of people. But, I agree with a lot of you guy... more »
    Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Is her last name pronounced 'thin'? Just curious... more »
    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: uh, how is this "taking on" anorexia? This is going to be inspiration for sick young women. What a waste. I can't believe this crap is considered "art." more »
    Dauphine: Oh, hay there triggering image. more »
    theysaidwhat: A big problem I have with this concept is that when Thien digitally altered the bodies, she left the glowing skin and in most cases the luscious locks... more »
    Lymed: I don't think she meant for these pictures to change people who are anorexic. By using high fashion poses, I think she meant to have the general publi... more »
    Notes from the underwhelmed: Oh, god... I looked at the rest of the pictures- they actually made my bones hurt. Ow. more »
    bellebleu: My first thought was "i wish i was that thin!" which just goes to show, eating disorders haunt you forever! more »
    Raspberry Swirly: I'm a little confused. Wouldn't the girls surfing these sites pretty much love what she's done? more »
    peperony and chease: And the ana community is going to love the shit out of these images. She couldn't have intuited this by spending time on pro-ana websites? Even postin... more »
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    Thinspiration

    Ivonne Thein's photographs take on anorexia by digitally manipulating images of models to make them appear dangerously emaciated. Disturbed by spending time on "pro-ana" web sites, Thein responded with the "Thirty-Two Kilos" project. [Washington Post]