Every day we are bombarded by imagery to the point where it has become part of our everyday lives.

The use of still and moving imagery in recent history such the American elections and the Brexit referendum got me thinking about some of the parallels with George Orwell’s novel “1984”. Their use to expose & exploit the fears and predigests of people for political advantage brought the novel very much to the forefront of my thoughts.

A very recent and ongoing example of what I am talking about is the use of imagery by the anti-vaccination movement(s) as a “scare” tactic to further their agenda as well as in the USA Trump followers have used the same tactics to further their political agenda that the election was “stolen”. The reality of the world is being assaulted, twisted, distorted by the manipulation and mass dissemination of imagery on a daily basis.