University of California Image Cloud Essay

Here’s the second Image Cloud project prompt and ads from the 1950’s, below.

Choose ONE to do, and include both your Word Search List as well as a short description/writeup about why you chose the imagery that you did, and how you feel it all works together. The length can be as long or as short as you’d like for the written part, but please include enough so that your point can be made.

Also, here are some topical hints to help you along when doing your research for them.

Advertisement Example 1, hints:

– the copy (“Freedom loving”)
– family get togethers
– domestic spaces
– sports
– modern couples

Advertisement Example 2, hints:

– the copy (emphasis on “Modern”, especially the term’s meaning in the 1950s)
– famous ‘brunette’ actresses of the day (Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Lauren Bacall, etc)
– domestic spaces
– Christmas in the 1950s