I had a great shot to enter for the Propaganda challenge & it was only once I asked good ol' Konador that I realised I couldn't enter it! I tried two ways of doin it tho... have a look at this page from my site & tell me what ya think!
Propaganda is still open. Why don't you shoot it within the rules?
I think you would find it very hard to take that shot within the rules. The two subjects are about half a mile part and are on opposing sides of the river Thames. Nice photos tho :)
It could be advertising London by using two of it's largest tourist attractions.
Advertising sure, but unfortunately that has little or nothing to do with propaganda in most cases. There seems to be a misunderstanding of the difference from what I've read in some forums. My understanding is that advertising 'should' be about extolling the virtues of a product or offering, whilst propaganda is about enforcing an idea which may or may not have any merit. Think of advertising in it's strictest sense as informative, whilst propaganda is dictatorial, in that it doesn't give you the freedom to come up with your own opinion.
There is of course an overlap, but the two are very different beasts. If your submission to this challenge doesn't try to tell me how to think, and very explicitly so, then it's probably not a valid submission.
It could be advertising London by using two of it's largest tourist attractions.
Advertising sure, but unfortunately that has little or nothing to do with propaganda in most cases. There seems to be a misunderstanding of the difference from what I've read in some forums. My understanding is that advertising 'should' be about extolling the virtues of a product or offering, whilst propaganda is about enforcing an idea which may or may not have any merit. Think of advertising in it's strictest sense as informative, whilst propaganda is dictatorial, in that it doesn't give you the freedom to come up with your own opinion.
There is of course an overlap, but the two are very different beasts. If your submission to this challenge doesn't try to tell me how to think, and very explicitly so, then it's probably not a valid submission.
I admit to not knowing much about propaganda, at least certainly not enough to try and explain it, but I believe there can be some in advertising.
Burger King use to aim a lot of their advertising towards attacking McDonalds and spreading anti-mcdonald messages to get people to eat their burgers instead.
Of course the initial photograph that started the thread doesnt seem to attack anyone or thing but there is likely also personal reference and opinion involved too. A country's flag could be seen as propaganda to some, pride to others.
