SoulTrade

I found this advertisement in TIME magazine, to my surprise, it was actually the back cover. When I first looked at it, this guy, and what they were advertising, stocks, I thought, now why would Americans want to invest in this type of thing at a time like this? I would think that stocks and market would be the last thing on most peoples minds in such an economical crysis. The working class is suffering right now, that's a fact.

The idea came to me pretty easy, the guy in the advertisement already resembled the devil figure, and "Scottrade" is very easily transformed into "Soultrade." I went from there.

I couldn't believe the way that they portray themselves, and the fact that their acting like your doing yourself a favor by contacting them. The truth of the matter is, along with many other corporate companies like this, is that they just want your money. This knowledge is nothing new to most of us, I would almost put it in the category of common sense, but for them, and to the people that this advertisement is aimed at, it is money that runs their souls, so to speak. It is money that is life, and it is money that is important to them. They don't care about what's in your best interest, they want your money, they want your soul!

Panda

Domtar is a paper source that claims to be environmentally responsible. In there ads they show various animals that look healthy and bright against the white paper background. This animal I choose is the panda, which is shown healthy in bright black and white eating lush green bamboo. The truth is, the panda is considered an endangered species and there are ONLY 1,600 left in the entire world. Many of them live in zoos and breeding centers around the world but mostly china. Pandas are dying mainly because of habitat loss. Humans are cutting down there bamboo to build factories and for agriculture. Global warming and drastic changes in the environment may mean that our Pandas will starve and 1,600 will go 0.

Rosedelma

You Know You Want Me

I chose this underwear advertisement featuring David Beckham because I found him to be so clearly objectified that one could consider this to be leaning toward soft porn. There he is hidden in the shadows, I wondered what image the ad was attempting to convey, and for what audience. Clearly, he has celebrity status and a good physique but to purchase these expensive underwear, has what meaning really?

For the remix, I choose to translate his identity by showing what was underneath those good looks was a skull and a spine, like any human being. I titled the page "You know you want me." Behind the shadows, he carries a monkey purse and has painted nails. The feminine aspects represents that both male an female are on display for media objectification. And like the original advertisement, I drew all focus downward to the main focus right underneath the EA label.

Sheila

YOU SEE WOMAN AND THAT'S ALL YOU SEE

YOU SEE WOMAN AND THAT'S ALL YOU SEE

looking for a way to be free
a way to let out the artist trapped inside me
PROUD, STRONG,
i walk with power
when i walk, i let every stride define me.

I know there well be a struggle
Challenges i am willing to accept
but i wont let it consume me.
Tears come and i let them flow
Baptize me, cleanse me, free me.

I wake up every morning to embrace my life
putting in the work and eager to see where it takes me
so much substance, so much beauty
Amazingly complicated but
you see woman, and that's all you see

i am proud, i know what i want
i work hard, i wont compromise my integrity.
I'm not like the others,
sensitivity, sincerity
it all defines me
i am not empty, but
you see woman, and that's all you see.

ohh my eyes, my skin, my hair
my lips, oooohhh I'm a tall tall beauty
throw me a bone and pretend its the artist you feed.
tell me I'm amazingly interesting
when your intentions are to cheat and manipulate me
you even make me think you respect me!
you see woman and that's all you see

afraid withdrawn confused
almost feeling like you have defeated me
lost in my own misery
where you have mentally and emotionally raped me
crossing boundaries when you saw vulnerability and
you force yourself on me.

Proud? Strong?
you left me searching for my gravity
cheating me and intern, i cheating myself
because in all this i was too blind to see
you sick bastard, who is she
who gave birth to such a perverted entity
does she know you see woman,
and that's all you see

not defeated, not broken
staying determined and not staying angry
freeing the artist trapped inside me

Proud!, Strong!
i walk with power
when i walk, i let every stride define me
i know there will be a struggle
Challenges i am willing to accept
But i wont let it consume me
Baptize me, cleanse me, free me
I am a woman but that doesn't define me

Rosedelma Seraphin

Fashion or Beauty

Fashion or Beauty

A model is a person who poses or who is displayed for the purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. There are a large number of people in the world today that say we should not judge people. Thus, they would say that we should criticize others, or we should judge people by how they look. This idea of judging being a negative thing is due mainly to the influence of postmodernism, with idea of relativism and philosophical pluralism. Now imagine, a model that is unattractive by American Standards. This model is dressed in Gucci and advertised in VOUGE. Would the public still notice the advertisement? Would the clothing still be beautiful? Knowing how we are as a society, I cannot help but to ask the question; are fashion magazines ever about fashion?
Are magazines selling Fashion or Beauty?

Ana/Alicia

Remix Ad

My Remix is based on the popular “Got Milk” campaign. I decided that I could effectively remix the advertisement for a cause that I have strong convictions about. The idea is “Got Nature” we are losing untouched natural resources and environments at an alarming rate. Everyone says they are trying to live “green”, but I don’t believe we are making enough sacrifices. Rather than dwelling on the negative I decide to put spin on the advertisement asking people to go out and enjoy the natural world. I believe that if people venture out and take a fifteen-minute walk in a natural environment and just observe the natural beauty they might be more inclined to protect that environment. This image has two photos one I took in my apartment and one I took of the sunrise over Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was the first designated National Park in the history of the United States and a place of exquisite natural beauty. Got Nature?