Year: 2015

Donald Trump

This image portrays ‘Donald Trump’ one of the current contenders in hopes of becoming President of the United States, I have focused this piece on him due to his controversial beliefs around how the country should be run and what the current problems with it are. One of these is problem immigration, his solution to this would be creating a great wall dividing America and Mexico. I have used one of his quotes as use of apparition, using it to highlight the arrogance of his idea. The audience can deduce this from the original title of the piece “Think before you say something stupid”.

The purpose of the American solider and propaganda poster was to reinforce that he has making this point as a patriot and proud American, creating a sense of irony. To create this image I had relied on using Photoshop to manipulate the face of Donald Trump to the image of an American soldier.

http://time.com/4045724/donald-trump-stephen-colbert/

Virus-Martin Shkreli

This piece uses a similar technique in creating appropriation as the Primark poster, I have used a layer of bold typography to directly label the subject “Martin Shkreli”. Martin Shkreli is a young CEO aged 32, who over a single night raised the price of AID and HIV medication from $13.50 to $750 making it impossible for those in need of the medication at a great risk. I have used a similar style of typography as Shepard Fairey, using his bold and well known type of work. His form of work is well known for symbolising self-empowerment with self-reflection globally which is why I had decided to use his work. Focusing on the element of self-reflection I had used the word “Virus” as I could use this not only creating a relation to has action, but do portray the subject himself as a virus. However though he was claimed by the ‘Daily Beasts’ to be one of the most infamous men in America, I feel that to a large audience is face is still quite unrecognizable, though this may have relation to the size of the text.

http://obeygiant.com/

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/22/investing/aids-drug-martin-shkreli-750-cancer-drug/

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Primark-Sweatshops

Using this image I have targeted the large franchise ‘Primark’, referencing there controversial use of child labour and sweatshops in India where the company has been found to charge up to as little as 60p per day for the use of child workers. To portray this I have sourced an image of some children modelling for a piece of Primark advertisement as they quote their low prices, using this I had manipulated the image adding the text ‘SWEATSHOP” in the same colour and font that the poster had used. Though this is a small change it has adapted the entire meaning of the piece, making the audience view the low prices as a negative, as they have been forced associate that price with sweatshops. I had used the image of the children as it I had hoped it would introduce the theme of child labour to the audience, as it is children making cheap clothes for children. However I feel that from this view the child labour subject is not clear enough to create any associate or impact, just the sweatshops. To improve this I would have used the text “CHILD-LABOUR”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1028449/Exposed-Primarks-sweatshops-pay-children-just-60p-day.html