Thrall | United States
Regardless of when or how a victim of human trafficking falls into the clutches of their abusers, they each are caught in a seemingly endless exchange of hands.
Regardless of when or how a victim of human trafficking falls into the clutches of their abusers, they each are caught in a seemingly endless exchange of hands.
TUYA-PEOPLE ARENOT COMMODITIES:With the transformation of letters, from people to pop.
Human trafficking is most commonly trafficked for sexual slavery, forced labor (labor exploitation) or sexual exploitation for traffickers or others. Those who do this trade get rich this way. This poster draws attention to this situation.
This piece seeks to bring awareness to the plight of victims of human trafficking by providing a call to action for the community. The slogan “Cut it Off’ is the result of research surrounding the routes by which victims are trafficked and the communities they come from. The imagery of a breaking chain is culturally synonymous with freedom where I come from. Choosing to integrate the hand-print symbolism of the Stop Human Trafficking campaign shows the viewer a clear path towards accomplishing the call to action: “Cut It Off”.
A man who has been involved in human trafficking said that the dark truth seen in people’s eyes is only three percent of the field of human trafficking. What this poster wants to express is that there is a huge demon behind human trafficking, which is invisible to people’s eyes.
Humanoid wolves may live around us. They are willing to sacrifice human beings for their own benefit. Human traffickers are an example of these human wolves who seek to profit by destroying innocent human beings.
The concept of the poster was taken from the phrase “Soon as you blink another life ah get stolen” which belongs to the campaign’s music. The idea is to show the eye gradually closing at dusk which also comes down to the name of the song “Shadows after dark”, in the end the black line shows the end of a retired life that didn’t have time to recover, this would give an alert for everyone to be aware of this cause.
Human trafficking is a dirty game, played by human traffickers to make money. This dirty game brings depression and destruction to humans and brings financial benefits to traffickers. This game is a rotation of money and human destruction that is carried out by some humanoid wolves.