Amnesty International, whose clever ideas we’ve already posted on this site before (dozen of times), released another brave campaign under the title: “See no Evil”. Billboards they printed, show afterimage optical illusions. When you first look at the seemingly unrelated black shape, you probably won’t recognize anything interesting. But if you know how afterimages work, then you’ll immediately see some of the worlds most notorious villains. Concentrate at the red cross at the center of each image, and after a minute, move your eyes and look at some white surface (wall, paper, ceiling… ). After few seconds you’ll be able to see negative of the black shape, which will form face of the very familiar “celebrity”. There are 5 different posters inside this article, can you recognize all the villains they picture? This campaign greatly reminds me of Veja Magazine’s promotional posters (part I, part II, part III).
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Ok, I think I’ve got them. I’m not positive about the first one, but here goes….
1. Richard Nixon
2. Ahmadinejad
3. Kim Jong Il
4. Vladimir Putin
5. Hu Jintao
Oddly enough, I saw Michael Jackson in the third picture..
Nice one though.
Have you people, saying that Bush shouldnt be up there, been living under a rock?
Have no Problem with Bush there. What about Guantanamo and human rights? What about invading privacy in the name of “homeland security”? What about not teaching birth control in schools and high rate of teenage pregnancies.
Bush the person may not be evil, but his politics are.
I tend to agree, Bush isn’t evil. Stupid? Yes. Incompetent? Of course. An utter waste of DNA? Without a doubt.
But not evil. Evil requires too much thought.
Don’t worry America, Obama will save you. :)
What’s the issue with Bush being there?
bush is the worst!
Isn’t the last one Donald Rumsfeld?
First, the biggest evil in the whole world, G.W. Bush
#2, M. Ahmadineyad, president of Iran (a good guy too)
#3, Kim Jong Il, president of North Korea, a democratic boy
#4, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, a pacific kid
#5, Hu Jintao, president of China, a great defender of human rights
Bush not only deserves to be there, he owns the first place…
Is it possible that you americans are the only people who don’t see the threat that USA’s foreign politics represents for the rest of the world???
USA is the biggest “war creator”. ¿Wtf are you doing in Irak? ¿In Afganistan? ¿In Grenada? ¿In Vietnam? ¿In Korea? don’t know, but these countries did not represent a threat for you ’til your army attacked ‘em…
Excuses for the political expression, but the illusion and the other comments made me did it
I fail to see why anyone’s offended by Bush’s presence on this campain. His administration has eroded civil liberties, seen people interred illegally in offshore prisons, endorsed and sponsored the practice of renditioning, and declared war on countries under false pretences.
Villain? Yes. But if you’re truly offended, visit Amnesty International’s website to find out why you shouldn’t be.
1 = George Walker Bush
2 = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3 = Kim Jong-il
4 = Vladimir Putin?
5 = Colonel Sanders? Haha.
I’d be offended NOT to see Bush there.
last one’s David Suzuki. :P Anyways, why teh hell are you offended? Bush started this whole world war 3 thing and the others are just scape-goats for bush so he can feel like a big man for blowing up foreign countries.
lol thats funny:D
and u can copy and paste the pic on paint then just invert colors that’s way easier than staring at them
OK you guys are not getting the whole ‘after image’ thing. It’s not about the image you see immediately but the image that is hidden within it. If you look closely at the image and focus on the red cross in the middle for a minute, then look away at a poorly lit area and blink rapidly you will see.
Just so you know, in my opinion to call Bush evil is a little strong. To call him an incompitent, led by a cabinet that has a very different moral standard to my own, is fair. Guantanamo Bay is a monstrosity and must be stopped. All I can say is, NOT IN MY NAME.
So having Bush is insulting but “the president of Russia”, whose name is by the way Putin, is fine? Because of course everyone else is evil except of course the president of the USA who is always obivously right and there is no chance at all that he could be a prick. Nixon was a cool one too, wasn’t he? Pathetic.
:Lol: at all the people who find the inclusion of Bush insulting.
I would say that the inclusion of Hugo Chavez should be considered far more insulting.
Go check out the Oscar-winning documentary “Taxi to the Dark Side” and tell me you still think Bush shouldn’t be up there. His administration basically changed the definition of torture so that they could torture detainees who never stood trial at Guantanamo and Abu Grhaib. At least 37 people have died there due to mistreatment (that we know of).
Why are you people so offended by Bush being there? He has performed criminalistic acts onto the American people and other people around the world. Look up some info about him and educate yourself instead of just believing what just he and the government says.
Get information from unbiases sources on the internet and other places and inform yourself of the truth. He is just as much of a criminal as most of the other people in these illusions.
http://www.zeitgeist.com
By the way, great illusions….
I have to agree, this is no place to make a political statement, you could have simply said something like, ’see if you recognize these famous faces’
however I will admit it was a cool illusion
Bush is in exactly the right place, top of the list of villains…
i hate to see these people lumped in with bush
The LAST one is MR Meogy
I like how the original design of this was jesus. now villians
haha
BUSH
FUCK BUSH,
both of em
The people who have made these images are Amnesty International and by Bush invading Iraq makes him evil.
I thought the 1st person was Lincoln at first, lol
As much as I don’t agree with George W. I too agree that he shouldn’t be lumped in with the rest of these A-Holes
If you have a mac and want to see them easily then just hit Ctrl+Alt+Cmd+8. On a PC just copy them in to paint and hit Ctrl+I.
um….how is bush not a villian? Are you saying he’s a hero?
Btw, great illusions! Love this site!
For you people that are offended that Bush might be there, just think that Russians could be offended that you are mentioning that Poutine is up there. Look at who is currently involved in the most wars and who has been seen mistreating their prisoners. Amnesty international , if i’m not mistaken is to protect the rights of anyone, even the ones the US see as enemies , when in fact they are not. FYI the guy in the picture that might look like Bush seems to have a beard or a gothi of some sort so stop being so proud of the “worst” american president in history …btw it’s americans that are saying that he’s the worst.
these are amazing!
i’m so glad to see george w bush in here as well.
i’m glad amnesty international can recognise GWB as a man whose leadership has lead to the countless death of thousands and who supports torture of people who haven’t yet stood fair trial and who, as governor of texas, agreed to the execution of more indivuduals than any other US leader.
thank you for posting this.
i am so confused! i dont see anything other than guys… where does the “see no evil?” come into play??
Offended??? Bush is Satan!!!
I recognised bush and Kim Jong il
or su not sure who it is lol
Tbh i think its pretty just that bush is up there!
Who was it who went to war on faulse accusations?
Sorry if you were offended by Bush being a villain but he is absolutely a villain. I think it was great that he is also at the top of the list. To bad they didn't put Cheney with him. If you don't see it, you have been blinded by 8 years of misinformation & lies. He has lied (and badly) about everything he has & is currently doing. His solution to bringing peace is by bombing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians to catch a few. PLAIN AND SIMPLE!! Please go back to your hole & rot forever because of people like you we are in the situation we are in now. I hope one day the world will look at Americans as they once did with honor but the direction he & his administration has put us in there will probably not be an America left, Thanks Bush & Company!!!
Amnesty international uses the URL adress http://www.amnestyinternational.ORG. I don’t know where this is coming from, but it’s not from them… Watch your sources!
The first one looks nothing like Bush.
I’m pretty sure the last one is Hu Jintao the President of the People’s Republic of China.
The last image is the president of China, Hu Jintao.
I’m positive it’s him.
I guess I’ll be the 1st to say this I am THRILLED to see Bush lumped in here. To say someone who turned this country in to a major tail spin into the toilet cant be called anything but evil.
2nd to last is hitler
I am not at all offended that Bush is on this list–torture and condoning torture qualifies as villainous behaviour in my book.
Of course Bush should be up there, he’s probably the worst one. A man who went to war just for oil and to settle a family feud. He’s a war mongering idiot.
cant you really not recognize any of them??
the first one i think is huge chaves from venezuela . i dont know why he is vilain.
the second is the iranian president.. with a veeery difficult name. ahmadinejad i think.
the two asiatic lookin ppl i dont know. the second last is putin from russia
and i dont see bush though i should and i hoped some ngo’s would say the truth from time to time
It’s not so much Bush but how much Bush looks like Ted Bundy.
the last is the chinese president…i think
I think it quite appropriate that bush is in here (if it is indeed he). He has created the illusion that he knows what he’s doing and is liked by america. The rest of the world see him for what he is, a chimp with the gaul to try and push other countries around. Now there’s an illusion worthy of david copperfield
last one could be mao
i think this inspired. all of them.
Bush is to stupid to be classed as a villian.
He is however far from a good man. Too bad the rest of you ‘offended’ Americans can’t see it.
Anyone offended to see Bush lumped in with these people is clearly unaware of what Amnesty International does, and how human rights under Bush’s administration have been so thoroughly trounced. Instead of getting offended, get educated. Go to http://www.amnesty.org and read what they have got to say and then decide if you are offended.
One thing I find weird about this whole thing is that Amnesty International’s website is not http://www.amnesty.com so why would they put that on their adds.