Tag Archives : ugliness

Three ads from the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and ACNUR send a message for and in behalf of the world’s refugees via visuals that are so heavily and beautifully photoshopped that one can no longer feel the ugliness of the raging social malaise upon which the public awareness campaign is based. The advertising campaign asks the question: Would [...]

Ugly is a touchy subject. Beauty is more positive. Hence, beauty is what has been discussed countless times in countless ways. Ugliness, on the other hand, is akin to wretchedness, desperation, discomfort, and insult. Beauty is the inamorata, the protagonist, and the hero. Ugly is the antagonist and the villain. Ugly has been marginalized, and is a [...]