Artist John Holcroft's satirical photo series about modern life makes viewers startled when they "see their own shadow" in each picture.
John Holcroft - an illustrator for many famous news agencies such as BBC or The Guardian, is known to many people thanks to his special retro style. Through satirical illustrations, John Holcroft has portrayed the habits and characteristics of modern human life, choosing a unique way to truly reflect the pain points in modern society. Through each picture, viewers can feel the closeness and recognize somewhere their own shadow in it.
Whenever Holcroft publishes a new drawing, it immediately goes viral and spreads all over the internet. His style is based on 1950s advertising, with illustrations depicting outdated, social issues and human behavior in a satirical manner. Technological dependence, social greed or the devaluation of workers are some of the issues Holcroft likes to portray.
A series of photos satirizing modern life:
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| Facebook is a social networking site that attracts the "terrible" attention of all humanity today, a place for people to share and update information about themselves and their health status no matter where you are in the world. However, many people abuse Facebook for personal purposes, always being lost in the virtual world. Instead of paying attention to real life, many people try to build their own image through the online world, considering the number of LIKES as a measure of themselves, a tool to express their own ego. |
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| Everyone has their own view on happiness, however most people agree that the general formula for “happiness” is: health, love, work, money and entertainment. However, everything has its price, life is not always a bed of roses, to have one thing sometimes you have to sacrifice another. |
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| There is a saying "a good doctor is like a mother", however, a painful reality in the medical industry today is that many doctors seem to only remember medical ethics when they are "recharged". |
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| After a night of drinking with friends, this fat man looks in the mirror and imagines himself to be strong and healthy. This is a metaphor for the fact that many people in today's society have the habit of self-delusion, avoiding facing reality. |
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| Smoking is not only a waste of money, but also affects your health and the health of those around you. |
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| People are under more and more pressure about money, family and life. They are being shackled and oppressed by work contracts. |
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| Money is also considered a tool to “raise the value” of people. A large part of today’s society uses material things as a measure to affirm class and value. |
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| Technology is killing human conversations, creating barriers that make people increasingly passive, selfish and boring. People are also becoming increasingly lazy, reluctant to exercise, and are susceptible to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. |
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| For money, for food and clothing, people are willing to destroy their own green lungs without foreseeing the consequences later or even not daring to think or face it. |
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| In an increasingly developed information technology society, life is increasingly difficult and arduous. You can only really earn money and have a solid position when you really stand out and create value and difference for the company and society. |
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| Children are forced to learn, whether they like it or not. This is an example of the phenomenon of herd mentality, when everyone has to participate in the same machine, instead of freely expressing and following their own interests. |
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| It is not difficult to come across messages like “Single is the best”, “Single but not lonely” from those who have not been lucky enough to find love. However, those strong and decisive slogans may just be a way to hide loneliness and sadness. |
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