Greenpeace's Controversial Posters

In this poster, we see Pres. Obama aged in 2020 with a large and bold statement of "I'M SORRY." Other powerful world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have their faces plastered on the walls of Copenhagen's airport.


The posters' goal is to attract the audience and impact that one second glance. By including drastically changed images of leaders apologizing because no change happened, a strong message is conveyed right away.The statement itself is already powerful, but the aged face of a powerful and influential leader right next to it complements the text. The poster is much more emotional because it captures an image of failure that is reflected on the world leaders.

Although the concept might be powerful, is it even true? These are the kind of media that makes people think twice. It divides the people in my opinion. The use of an explicit image truly pushes one's conscience into a process of deep thinking and suddenly changing one's opinion.

Credibility plays a major role when altering images, especially when we have easy access to such softwares like photoshop or gimp. They create images that are on both ends of the spectrum, simply to gain more support or set a standard. For example, images of thin models on a magazine spread gives teenagers an ideal body created by the media. So it's just really up to us choose wisely on who to believe.