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Panasonic’s latest ad features a white man’s head photoshopped on a black man’s body

Aug 27, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Panasonic recently found itself in the center of attention for all the wrong reasons. The company published a series of weird composites to promote its wearable speaker SoundSlayer. One of the images consists of a white man’s head on a black man’s body, with skin tone altered to match. And not surprisingly – it has sparked a lot of controversies.

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Fujifilm reveals “the truth” about GFX 100S leaks in this brilliant ad

Jan 27, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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Plenty of Fujifilm gear has leaked over the years: from instant cameras to medium format. Most recently, we saw the now announced GFX 100S appear online – but did it really leak? In this brilliant and hilarious ad, Fuji tells us “the truth” about how the company’s latest medium format camera got to leak days ahead of the announcement.

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Photographer speaks up after her photo was used in disgraceful UK Government ad: “I was devastated”

Oct 16, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 23 Comments
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Earlier this week, the UK Government came under fire over a “crass” campaign photo. It shows a young ballet dancer and a caption reading: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it yet). Rethink. Reskill. Reboot.” Atlanta-based photographer Krys Alex shot the original image, and she spoke up about the incident. She says that she was “devastated” when she found out how her photo was used, and that she would have never allowed it.

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UK Government marketing campaign devalues artists while using free images from Unsplash

Oct 14, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Coronavirus has hit all of us, but artists and creators are among those who were hit really hard. UK Government decided to hit them even harder in a marketing campaign that completely devaluates their jobs. Not only does it mock artists, but it also uses free photos found on Unsplash, So, it’s no wonder that it faced a strong backlash and it was soon taken down.

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This 1972 Polaroid ad is as informative and nostalgic as it gets

Dec 2, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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I love vintage ads. While they are often hilarious and cringeworthy, there are some gems that are actually quite informative. This Polaroid SX-70 ad falls into the second category. It’s not only beautifully nostalgic, but it also explains in detail how the camera works.

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“Distracted Boyfriend” meme proclaimed sexist by Swedish advertising body

Sep 27, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or so, you must have seen the “Distracted Boyfriend” meme in some of its many forms. Its popularity means that plenty of companies have been using it – or variations on it – for cheeky social media ads. But after one of these meme-based ads appeared in Sweden, it was severely bashed online and was eventually determined sexist by Swedish advertising ombudsman.

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Students hang a huge fake ad of themselves in McDonald’s to protest against Asian ad discrimination. It’s still there 51 days later

Sep 12, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 8 Comments
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One day at a McDonald’s restaurant, Jevh Maravilla was sitting with his friend and noticed that there were no Asian in any of the ad posters. At the same time, he saw a blank wall and had a crazy idea: what if they put a photo of themselves up there? The idea soon became reality, and the guys managed to hang a professional-looking poster with them as the models. And the funny thing is – no one noticed anything unusual for almost two months.

Ina hilarious video, Jevh shares how they did it, from planning the shoot to hanging it on the McDonald’s wall. And I must say it’s some high-quality trolling.

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Man files $3 million lawsuit against Pornhub for using his selfie in an ad

Jun 12, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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In the era of the internet, it’s not at all uncommon to find your photos used by someone else without your permission. This happened to Edward Kelly of Marlton, New Jersey, who found his selfie used in an ad. On Pornhub. To make things even worse, it seems that the ad has been on the largest pornography website for at least six years. So, when discovering this, Kelly decided to file a lawsuit against Pornhub, seeking more than $3 million in damages and compensation for the use of his photo.

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Gatorade creates animated water man without using CGI

Jun 9, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Gatorade has released a commercial that features an animated 3D man made of water. Nothing special, you may think. But the man was literally made of water, without the use of CGI.

The “waterman” is running, jumping and kicking, making you wonder “what if your water was as active as you.” They have also released a short BTS video, showing just how much effort they have invested in making this fantastic advertisement.

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Clever practical effects make for reality-bending photos from a magician’s smartphone

Mar 10, 2016 by Gannon Burgett Add Comment
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In the words of Terry Pratchett, ‘It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.’

That’s good to know, because for a recent assignment from, magician DYNAMO shows us how he used a Galaxy S7 and clever practical effects to create incredibly unique and unusual images.[Read More…]

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