advertising, pixels & meth
A handful of interesting ends on the advertising side of photography & visual media recently.
One, even with the economy in the dumps it seems that the digital revolution continues upward. As of the finish of 2007 internet ad revenue set a record high of $21 billion.
Great piece more photo related, or at least photoshop oriented, in the May 12 issue of The New Yorker. Pascal Dangin is a one man revamping machine. His work and studio, Box, has touched a fair majority of the fashion that’s in front of us today. Pixel Perfect is a good read and the example image is a beautiful illustration of his work and the reality behind what the general public sees.
And if you haven’t seen the Montana Meth Project ad campaign - you should. April just kicked off with four new ads by filmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. A real gritty attention getter, it’s drawn press far and wide and apparently is working - use among teens is down 45% and adults by 72%. The latest blurb was via The Economist. See the TV ads here.
May 24th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I think I remember when the “this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs” ads came out, word was that they were working but then later word was that they weren’t and furthermore that teens thought the eggs looked strangely good enough to try. Kids!
We need to have better luck this time though, don’t we. It’s scary.