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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Even in today’s technologically advanced age, posters are still very powerful tools to communicate opinions and information on a universal level. We’ve included a few of our favorites for your perusal.

F*ck You Sida! (AIDS)

Poster by Joe Scorsone and Alice Drueding

Stop AIDS by Fang Chen

Slingshot by Chaz Maviyane-Davies

Together Against by Benito Cabanas Elveno

AIDS the Killing Bite of Love by Anthon Beeke

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posted by Oberholtzer Creative Staff at 3:17 am  

5 Comments »

  1. Hi,

    Many times I´ve seen the spider/skorpion ads. I don´t understand why nobody realizes that those adds are terrybly discriminatives with peoples that are already infected. They clearly picture the carrier as a monster. Literaly, as a deadly poisoned monster. Does enybody else see it? Or it´s just me?

    Best!

    Comment by Juan Pablo — December 1, 2009 @ 1:07 pm

  2. Juan,

    You bring up a really great point and thanks for your comment. People with HIV/AIDS across the globe are discriminated to varying degrees and shunned in certain environments.

    I never viewed that ads from the person infected. Thankyou for bringing more insight into it.

    I am going to do a little research on these ads and see in what context they were viewed to get a better understanding on the thinking behind the ads.

    Comment by David Oberholtzer — December 1, 2009 @ 2:18 pm

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