Nonetheless, Wilson and fans view Shudu’s design as an act of flattery. In 2016, only 29% of the cover models of magazines were non-white. There is a demonstrated need for this: In February 2014, feminist blog Jezebel noted that only 9.75% of the models walking down the runway at Fall 2014 New York Fashion Week were black. What’s more, critics noted, as a professional photographer, Wilson should devote the time and resources he spends on Shudu (each image takes three full days, he claims) to cast and shoot real dark-skinned models and promote their beauty and careers. The criticism pointed to the fact that Wilson is a white photographer designing an idealized (and fake) black woman conceptualized in his view of female beauty. “I am just a creative person, and to me she is what the most beautiful woman in the world would look like,” he said. Wilson, a white man, called her an “art piece” in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
She is a CGI creation made through the 3D modeling software program DAZ3D. But the problem is that Shudu isn’t a real person.
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