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In Juxtaposition Puff Daddy

In Juxtaposition Puff Daddy

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Glenn Capers


Premium (World), New York City

In Juxtaposition Puff Daddy

It's fun to walk the streets and find cool images of all sorts. Juxtapositions are special. Taking two symbolic Icons. Where the common denominator is found is in the the metaphor ,"up in smoke". Marilyn Monroe is not around any more, and the he Marlboro Man is a figure used in tobacco advertising campaign for he 'Marlboro Man' was a character created by Marlboro to promote their cigarettes between 1954 and 1999, Wayne McClaren and David McClean were both hired as actors, and forced to smoke up to five packs of cigarettes a day for shoots. It's no surprise after only ten years of resigning as the character, both had died. McClean's family sued Philip Morris, the company owning Marlboro, after his death claiming they held responsibility.

The bond is that here the two images decay on on moss between the cracks of brick and concrete on forgotten streets of Manhattan for passer -bye's to toy with the connection of their torment.

Comments 12

  • Life thru A lens 23/05/2017 18:49

    Thenk you for explanations. Very interesting photo
  • Dragomir Vukovic 13/01/2013 8:34

    great 1 !
  • Andrea Sagawe 06/01/2013 13:54

    strong composition...very creative
  • s. sabine krause 05/01/2013 17:18

    haiku

    wayside encounter
    every dog had its day
    gone to the dogs now

    just "toying with the connection of their torment", while still being infuriated by the "don't be a maybe" campaign launched by marlboro over here, obviously aimed at the young. "maybe never made history"? it did, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov maybe makes you think twice, trust your doubt and take action. maybe you just shouldn't believe that stupid add! sorry, needed to get that out of my system. ; )) great wayside discovery, photo and juxtaposition of kindred souls and fates, glenn! greetings, sabine.
  • Dieter Geßler 05/01/2013 9:27


    Image and text are one unit, so good.
    Greetings Dieter
  • Howard Mattix 05/01/2013 4:23

    Such a powerful image, very well thought out and created in such a way that anyone seeing this will not only see the work of art it is but take to heart the moral of the story. I really like the use of the halftones, as it gives the image the look of the artists in the 50-60's.
  • BRYAN CRUTE 04/01/2013 23:37

    :-)
    All the best wishes my friend will catch up later
    Back at work this week :-(
    Oh and a very good shot

    Regards
    Bryan
  • Silvana W. 04/01/2013 22:06

    Awesome,Glenn*****
    All the best for you in this New Year*
  • Mike JB 04/01/2013 22:02

    very strong and i like it !! ;-)
    LG Mike
  • Heidi Roloff 04/01/2013 21:53

    A strong pic. In German I would say : guten Appetit :-)
    Greetings from Heidi
  • Adele D. Oliver 04/01/2013 21:15

    very strong ..... your image, the perspective great giving MM a very sad expression .... and it and your words making one think !!!!
    greetings, Adele
  • Agelos Kardamilas 04/01/2013 21:00

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Camera NIKON D700
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Aperture 10
Exposure time 1/25
Focus length 21.0 mm
ISO 200

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