What would you do if a friend posted a picture you hated online - then refused to take it down! Four writers share their embarrassing snaps and explain how to approach this tangled mix of friendship, ego and modern mores...
By Daily Mail Reporters Published: 01:58, 21 May 2024 | Updated: 07:07, 21 May 2024 e-mail 50 View comments She has at least two extra chins, a misshapen nose and an expression of shocked horror, as though she has just seen her own reflection in a mirror. No one would dispute that the portrait of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, which is currently hanging in the National Gallery of Australia, is unflattering. Now, according to reports, Australia's richest woman has demanded that the picture be removed altogether from an exhibition by award-winning portraitist Vincent Namatjira, whose rather inflammatory response was that he 'paints the world as he sees it'.
We might not be billionaires, but most of us have shared Gina Rinehart's painful dilemma. In an era of smartphone filters and photo-editing apps, we are used to perfecting the image we present to the world. The unflattering portrait of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, which is currently hanging in the National Gallery of Australia But what happens when someone else posts an unflattering picture of us on social media? Or frames a photograph of us squinting into the sun, spinach in our teeth, 10lb heavier than we'd like to be? What is the etiquette when it comes to requesting someone take down — in re.