Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'image'
May 15, 2008
The image below isn’t a rejected Rage Against the Machine album cover, but rather an ad campaign for a leading Brazilian business newspaper, Gazeta Mercantil. Designed by illustrator Pedro Izique for the São Paulo office of ad agency JWT, the print ad redesigns the Dollar, Euro and Yen with images of “some of the most important events of the last century.” For the U.S., that means 9/11, pot, oil, war and Arlington Cemetery. The slogan?......
Continue Reading "Brazilian Business Paper's Nuanced Grasp of Economics Highlighted in Ad Campaign"April 27, 2008
Using a Leica M2 with a 90mm lens, Cuban photographer Alberto “Korda” Díaz snapped the iconic photograph of Ernesto “Che” Guevara during a mass funeral for the victims of a mysterious series of explosions in Havana harbor that killed at least 75 people 1960. The service was held the day after the tragedy, and Korda, who was Castro’s official photographer at the time, managed two photos of Guevara as he briefly stepped onstage to......
Continue Reading "Chevolution, Tribeca Film Festival"
