White CGI Artist Gets Backlash Over Black Insta-Famous Creation Shudu
Shudu, a stunning insta-model with over 40,000 followers, is befuddling folks who have just found out she isn’t real. Those fans are actually double baffled that she was created by a British photographer. It wasn’t until recently Cameron-James Wilson, Shudu’s creator, started to use the hashtag #3Dart to let it be known Shudu was a digital creation.
If you look at her IG photos, Shudu even models clothing…which is weird…but we’re digressing…
Fenty Beauty posted her photo wearing a shade of their lipstick and folks in the comments questioned her authenticity, but why is that such an issue? Black women are voicing concerns over the fact that a White man has seemingly found another ‘loophole’ to not hire Black women.
A white photographer figured out a way to profit off of black women without ever having to pay one. Now pls, tell me how our economic system is in no way built on and quite frankly reliant on racism and misogyny 🤧🤔 https://t.co/k7tDc7cXLL
— ur local sweetheart✨💛✨ (@hodayum) February 27, 2018
So Shudu was created by a white man to profit off of black women without actually having to pay them??? HELLA NERVE. Technology came a long way however It’s plenty of dark skinned models who look like her but they get overlooked. Book them instead of cloning them. https://t.co/oiB7vA8l7U
— Elegant💎 (@Drebae_) February 28, 2018
Cameron-James has been seeing all of the backlash and tells Metro that Shudu isn’t for hire, she is simply a muse.
‘Shudu isn’t for hire, she’s a muse for my creative output. ‘I continue to post to Shudu.gram because people really enjoy the art, they enjoy the imagery. ‘I’m not trying to replace models and if anything it’s a criticism in how fake society has become that a CGI Model can pass for real.
‘We’re living in a very filtered world, that strangely for me Shudu is an escape from. ‘The criticism that I’ve faced only comes from misunderstanding.
She might not be fore hire, but she’s bringing tons of attention to her creator. Folks aren’t’ just taking issue with a White man allegedly profiting off of a faux-Black model, but the way he views Black women in general. He said dark skin was a “movement” in the modeling industry right now, one he wanted to be a part of.
We are not a 'trend' or 'movement' pic.twitter.com/tODPKFT9i5
— Kitsune (@OhwGE) February 27, 2018
This controversy over Shudu has brought up a lot of interesting arguments on both sides. Where do your opinions fall on this issue? Hit the flip for more valid points.
As much as I appreciate art I detest the fact that the minute dark skin is finally glamourized by the mainstream media a white man finds a way to commericalize & capitalize off it. Black skin is not a trend. Black skin is not a toy. Black women even more not so. #Shudu #FreeShudu pic.twitter.com/pu79IGcU1s
— Sonia Pratt (@adrianette_) February 28, 2018
Honestly though, there is no malice or neglectful intent in Shudu’s design and yet, somehow there’s an issue. pic.twitter.com/jGj33EzB0h
— Larry (@theblackbacchus) February 28, 2018
Painting on a canvas is very different from taking a picture. All he had to do was get a dark skin model to pose for some pictures to convey his message. Not create fake ones when you have plenty of real ones.
— Ahleah 🌻✨ (@ahleahg4) February 28, 2018
That’s like saying we shouldn’t make animated movies because it’s taking work away from real actors. I think it’s dope that this guy decided to make the model black and he did a damn good job. Do y’all want equal representation or nah? like which one is it
— AB (@looveparanoia) February 28, 2018
Doing all of that instead of just paying a black woman to model… 😒😒😒 pic.twitter.com/jUGmzcn5n7
— Shonnia Burton (@shonnia21) February 27, 2018
"He noticed there was a big movement with dark skin models" THEN FUCKING HIRE ONE JACKASS pic.twitter.com/r2H932L8xU
— fat ass kelly price (@kaycee_345) February 27, 2018
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