The vast majority of those trafficked into sex slavery, like prisoners in a prison, are restricted in their freedom, suffering and darkness. Combining handcuffs and symbols representing the sexes, the poster symbolized the cruelty of sex slavery in human trafficking.
This poster is inspired by this song, “shadow of the dark.” In reality, child sex trafficking is often left voiceless and completely unseen by society.
I designed this concept based on the fact that traffickers slaughter people to make dirty money.
From the perspective of the victim and the offender, this series of works expresses two states of sadness and cruelty in blue and red. To hide the pain on the faces of trafficked persons and the distorted faces of the perpetrators to satisfy their selfish desires, I hope that people can find sympathy in the poster, which aims to arouse people’s attention to human trafficking. Maybe one day, this will happen to us.
The poster depicts an act of violence, by means of two arms, one pulling the other aggressively. The objective to show the attitude of violence and control that one person has over the other in situations of human trafficking.
At the top of the poster it is the quote “trust no shadows after dark” from the song “Shadows After Dark” reminding us not to trust everyone because some people are not what they show. At the bottom, an appeal in the hope of creating awareness and get people to inform themselves and others about this huge issue.
The receipt in the artwork represents the results of the girl being traded. She sits on the ground shivering while the shadow of a pair of hands stretches out from her back with a vague hope. Her outstretched “hand” tries to tear the receipt, but in the end, it is in vain. It expresses the victim’s inner pain and struggles. I hope that this artwork can be a medium to spread the message that lets everyone pay attention to the people around us. These incidents are not far from us, maybe we will become their “hands”.
Based on the fairy tales Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Wild Wolf, the chain represents being restrained by human traffickers. I hope that people will pay attention to it. Fairy tales also exist in reality.
I believe that we should put an end to the Human trafficking trade which has a pernicious effect on societies.
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for various purposes which could be, forced labor, commercial sexual exploitation, or others. People are no longer seen as humans, but as goods, as objects to trade, exchange and collect.
The poster “Gamble with Lives” wants to visualize how traffickers lose the perception of a person as a human being, distilled to only a profitable game. As a metaphor, the life of a person loses any importance, any value and becomes part of a gambling game. Their souls imprinted on the cards lead to the ultimate goal, enrich their traffickers.
Human trafficking is accompanied by the trafficking of organs, which is driven by the cruel and criminal trade of money. The poster depicts the shape of two kidneys in the shape of an S dollar, meaning that organs are bought and sold for dark money.