The Woman of the Perfume Ad
The woman of the perfume ad is a complex construct. The advertisers who create her are geniuses of manufacturing desire, of finely chiselling models into shape with slogan and sign. Perfume ads come with tropes: her armpits are hairless; no blemish taints her skin; her hair is slicked back with seaw
Arne Naevra’s Polar Meltdown
It is rare to capture polemic and pressing issues so simply and yet this iconic image has come to represent the whole climate change debate. It sparks memories of news articles, WWF appeals and school science presentations, effortlessly illustrating a drastic need for action. Taken by Arne Naevra
Navy bandsman Graham Jackson (1945)
There is, of course, no such thing as a ‘Perfect Photograph’, nor is there any way of truly judging such a subjective medium. And yet, if there was ever a portrait which uses the ostensible ‘Golden Ratio’ so perfectly, it’s Ed Clark’s melancholy snapshot of Navy bandsman Graham Ja
