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Abram Games (1914-1996)
During World War Two and for a while after, children were often attracted to the sites that had been used by soldiers for weapons practice. Tragically some were killed and many were injured in accidents when playing with 'blinds' - live ammunition that had been carelessly left behind after practice.
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'This child found a blind' is a public information poster that tackles this sensitive subject. Games' poster cleverly addresses both halves of the target audience: those responsible (the military) and their potential victims (the public).
As an image the poster is designed to communicate both on a conscious and on a subconscious level.
First, Games uses a few images to relate the story on a conscious level.
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A young girl lies dead in a red coffin, her head visible through a cloud shaped window in the lid. Her coffin is gradually transformed into an arrow that points to the cause of her death - a 'blind' - in this case a grenade.
In the background, an explosion