Sorry, I completed this post in a hurry. During an election in Germany I'm always surprised how many different political parties we've got. The streets are full of advertising. You have to face fake smiling people. The range is between: 'I'm-the-biggest-douche-on-earth-grin up to a shy If-you-don't-vote-for-me-nobody-does-so-pleeease-smile' this ass kissing always sucks, but due our 'mehr-parteien-system' you really get some fun out of it.
Let's have a look at the rabbit poster. It's from a small environmental-save-the-animals party and they're trying to get your voice with a slogan like 'if you really care for this sweet fluffy little rabbit you'll vote for us'. Just great! I actually had to go to Duisburg to capture this. If I could have vote for the rabbit itself they had my voice for sure (this would be the kind of message we'd need in these times of political fallout), but instead of they're trying to make me feel guilty and that makes me want to eat the bunny. the very simple protest reaction.
The lunatic eyes of the next lady are promising: 'Good life! For everybody!' Just a perfect empty promise before an election. And the exclamation marks on the poster. fantastic.
the peace of paper is my ballot paper.
next pic. The old one is in charge right now. So please vote tmr! I look at the pic and it seems to me like a a nursing case and his (boring) caretaker. this is the best shoot of the guy who wants to be re-elected?!? This guy just looks confused.
the bulky woman on yellow... the voices of the street already made their vote.
a few pictures later: Helga who is claiming to be our next chanceloress - which is funny, 'cause these are only state elections and this party never had won anything. This might change, because there slogan says 'We've got the solution on everything'. A promise we need so much and can't believe so little in it. Due to our foreign minister and his party we've learned that you can even win a vote with fake promises you don't have to keep. So please be more creative about your promises like Helga.
the next woman actually the first one so far who's engaging a kind of sympathy when I look at her face. but the 'idea' of the campaign...?
first pic she's eating spaghetti in an auditorium 'hey, Bologna is not a sauce for pasta!' - the target group of this party are students. You really don't have to put an effort rising the awareness for this Bologna-process-situation - everybody is already super pissed about this.
Second picture: Judith just looks great, but why is she holding a tablet of painted fish? The slogan is a regional proverb ('speak the truth/say what you mean'), literally it means 'com'on put the butter to the fish' - how many people are not going to understand this? let me think everybody with an migration-backround and in this case this means everybody who was not born and raised in this state. integration - hurray! I personally wouldn't ever vote for a party who is advertising with food and not even promising some. I'd love to see posters of a food-party. but, sorry Judith, I really don't get it: Your party is identifying itself with butter? What kind of image campaign is this? and what political image does butter have?
die Violetten - are a spiritual party. At least they're not torturing us with faces, but instead the small girl puts us on the level of the rabbit, again. Politics and children! Will you PR-people never learn anything? You could make so much out of a 'spiritual' party concept. Like promise legalizing wild drug parties in the woods to elevate your own personal spiritual level. that would be something new! but no: They're promising me a free choice of shrink. great... Nnnnnot!
Last big picture. Nice woman looking a way to desperate. it's sad. who chose this picture? Why does this person think the lady need to be pitied to win this vote?
I hardly know anything about how to run a political campaign, but if the name of my candidate was Mrs. Power - I would have made something out of this! In the whole campaign she didn't get at least one strong picture.
sitting here applauding to honor the marketing experts of this campaign. and oh, nobody here to recognize this.
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