Street artist defaces bikini advertisement

GeoM56 · 5 months

I'd love to see the untouched photo.

grabpot · 5 months

Every time I bike past that ad, I'm struck by how ludicrously shopped it is. What is even up with that skin colour?

injekted · 5 months

Simple and effective. The best kind of street art.

TechnicallyRon · 5 months

Where was this taken?

Lakario · 5 months

We have these billboards here in Hollywood. Photoshop or not, that is what the beginning of skin cancer looks like. Great message.

pqjp · 5 months

As a photo retoucher, I like this.

I_POTATO_PEOPLE · 5 months

She looks like beef jerky.

s7uck0 · 5 months

Lovely, and inspiring.

half_true · 5 months

isn't this called culture jamming?

Common tactics include re-figuring logos, fashion statements, and product images as a means to challenge the idea of "what's cool" along with assumptions about the personal freedoms of consumption

El_Diablito · 5 months

Deface? More like adding truth in advertising.

MJZMan · 5 months

Wow, what a powerful statement. If only we could make even stronger statements to these companies. Maybe ones involving actual dollars, that might actually affect these corporations. We could call it a boycott, and vow to not spend our money. I mean, sure, we'll have to sacrifice not having the latest trendy fashions.....awwwwww, who am I kidding, who wants to do that? Let's keep buying their merchandise, defacing their posters, and slapping ourselves on the back like we actually accomplished anything. Then later we can get stoned and bitch about how evil corporations run everything.

davedgd · 5 months

I just spent a week in Berlin and that ad is EVERYWHERE, on the street, U-Bahn and S-Bahn. I wouldn't mind it so much if it weren't so disturbing.

_Personage · 5 months

Defaces? Enhances, more like.

Brad__Schmitt · 5 months

It should be noted that H&M has a reputation for not using human models in advertisements.

Kennie_B · 5 months

If just more people could notice this.

polite_pervert · 5 months

I wouldn't call it defacing it, I would call it improving it.

Ima_lil_teapot · 5 months

Why is there a comma and not a period for the price?

sh0em0nkey · 5 months

This will probably get burried, but I guess I'm the only one who doesn't care about photoshop?

As a photographer who does all of my own photo retouching, I see nothing wrong with most photo retouching. The greeks didn't sculpt statues with pimples on it, nor did they put in the natural roles of the rib cage when a women leans from side to side. The tools are a lot different, but since the dawn of time, we've been manipulating people subjects to be more appealing to the eye.

Sure, I don't necessarily condone shaving off 30 - 50 pounds, but that's not really the case most of the time.

Oh, and if I remember correctly, H&M released a statement about this after people complained about skin cancer and stuff. Turns out this model is Brazilian, and naturally has a darker skin tone.

This whole thing against photo retouching is just utter bullshit and reeks of smugness.

what_ever_man · 5 months

This was here yesterday...all day.

kvachon · 5 months

Thats genius.

wweerrddUP · 5 months

Well played friend, well played.

YaBoyDake · 5 months

Good, good work.

Embrace honest beauty.

unsurelysure · 5 months

what everyone is not aware of... this is actually an advertisement for photoshop

well done adobe... well done....

curlyfreak · 5 months

I saw this ad in an H&M and was just floored by how fake that tan is. White people - stop trying to look brown, your skin was not made for it and you'll just end up with cancer :(

thegreatgazoo · 5 months

I didn't know you could get bikini tops in Europe. I didn't think women used them there.

campfire · 5 months

Too many layers

Swagnetic · 5 months

Is this in Germany because i think i saw it there?

froggy555 · 5 months

I can only hope one day like the, move towards more natural and organic foods, we will also want all the extra filler out of advertisements. I want to know what what real people look like, even the ridiculously beautiful ones.

Atom_Smasher · 5 months

At least put [xpost] in the title. Is that so much to ask?

celticd208 · 5 months

Most accurate ad ever!

jimsaysdoitthisway · 5 months

Fuck H & M. They make their models look like clothes hangers. There was one where the model's bicep was thinner than her wrist. No wonder so many people have fucking hang-ups about their body. Also they use virtual bodies for some of their ads.

LobaltSS · 5 months

This isn't really defacing. They (he?) are protesting the fake tans and use of photoshop to make the models skinnier.

I was just reading an article on this earlier, if I can find it I'll post it up here.

Edit: okay, that was fast. Here is the article. Sorry, but it's from Gizmodo

pikapp245 · 5 months

Awesome

Moosh_4 · 5 months

I don't care how many times I've seen these photo's on here, I'll still upvote and support em.

CptAlbatross · 5 months

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luvmuppet · 5 months

I was about to say ~~street artist~~ vandal.... but then I saw this.

And I laughed heartily at it. Well played, street artist!

J_Jammer · 5 months

Haha, I love the clever.

See, you don't have to do something angry. This is simple and powerful.

Fantastic choice in how to display one's disagreement with this weird ad.

groucho_marxist · 5 months

How do we know he didn't deface a Photoshop advertisement?

tagrav · 5 months

Once I finished fapping I soon realized how messed up this image is.

Litagano · 5 months

The guy who did that should win a Nobel Prize for art

acshen · 5 months

For everyone bashing the ad, I think the girl is supposed to be underwater, hence her odd skin tone & reflections from the light

Viktour · 5 months

Who perceives 4th degree burns as sexy?

kjtmuk · 5 months

H&M clothing is poor quality, washes badly and falls apart quickly.

StevenSeagalBladder · 5 months

I'm generally not a crotch man, but every time I see that 11-foot, tanned Brazilian beauty I'm generally completely focused on her gigantic Y.

Crisscrosshotsauce · 5 months

When I was looking a this really closely I was astounded by how well the sidebar was blended with the ad. Then I was wondering just how he got the mouse to fit in so realistically.

Then I realized it was my mouse...

aporcelaintouch · 5 months

what happened to her arm?!

whatsthematter · 5 months

How much is 4,95?

Dolewhip · 5 months

So you're saying I can slap a sticker on something and call myself a street artist?

fugelthang · 5 months

Took me way to long to realize the tool palette was the gag. It just belongs there.

ComputerSavvy · 5 months

I think this explains it pretty well:

http://vimeo.com/34813864

"Ahh-Doh-Bay" Brilliant!

fish629 · 5 months

Asshole stole my post

eight8 · 5 months

And the company is laughing all the way to the bank as we spread their advertisment again and again..

bentreflection · 5 months

Guys...

guys

Guys listen

I have some shocking news

guys

fashion photography

guys listen here

fashion photography ... should not be relied on for an accurate depiction of the human body

nmfmc · 5 months

This Calvin Klein ad around Canada has the same type of look except for on men: http://www.mens-lifstyle.com/2012/01/calvin-klein-mens-underwear-colors-for.html

The tan is so dark on ads that you can't make out any of their features.

Trackpad94 · 5 months

Destroying someone else's property because you don't agree with the way they choose to market their products? Cool beans... fucking reddit.

Paultimate79 · 5 months

I dislike the look of people that artificially tan. They just look like they really need to shower and I get the urge to just hose them down till they are clean. FUCK LADY USE SOME SOAP

aquestionoftime · 5 months

Who in their right mind expects honesty and realism from ADVERTISING? Sur-fucking-prise.

Pretty lazy "street art" too.

sillymike · 5 months

Love it! very creative.

im_too_literal · 5 months

I approve.

Jkard · 5 months

She looks gross

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