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Despite their superficial similarity, these two images tell very different stories. According to Tony Northrup’s exposé, Afghan Girl (1985) is a perfect example of the western’s fetishism of the unknown. Sold (and profited off of) as an authentic image of a refugee girl who was scared of the soviet war on Afghanistan, the dark story […]
In this ad, IKEA is deliberately not showing a product in its totality but appealing to our humanness and our shared understanding of the zeitgeist. Most people will recognise the image of an anonymous chair piled up with clothes. It’s as if “IKEA” has been inside our home and seen our most private spaces. The […]
