expectations surrounding relationships.
From this perspective the manner in which couples appear in photographs can reinforce an existing cultural preference even when the individuals themselves hold no conscious intention to convey a particular message.
Height and Traditional Representations of Couples
Across generations popular culture has frequently presented an image of the ideal heterosexual couple in which the man stands taller than the woman.
Digital image editing
This convention appears in films, advertising, fashion photography, romance novels, celebrity photography, and wedding portraits.
A taller man and shorter woman receive presentation as
