Imagery associated with drowning is commonplace. The following are all mainly from the RNLI.
Sombre image; reliant upon the text – which is substantial.From a local RNLI campaign – is this a stockphoto?Powerful image and typographically “naive” caption.Closer to my intention, but again dependent on the strong caption. Why is he jumping in fully clothed?
The drowning victim; the caption adds to the image, which is possibly powerful alone – but taps into the negative.
The RTW campaign on video was shown in cinemas prior to films. It was rated 15 because of the disturbing imagery.
Critical Research Journal | Graham Wilson