I love seeing ads from yesteryear, not just photo ads.
I wonder, was the liquorice roll-up optional or compulsory?
Idle curiosity but; who was the ad agency? Smacks of Ogilvy Mather to me.
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Yep, I love the total lack of fashion sense (now you can only feature in a camera ad if you are young trendy and tick the demographic boxes) and the non-PC image of the photographer. I also love that there's no illusion about the size of the thing, it is the product speaking, pure and simple.
I've no idea which agency made it, but I wish they'd bring back that style of ad. Somewhere I've a box of Nat Geos going back to late 70s and early 80s - there were some corkers in those mags.
I also like the way he is depicted bent with the weight
I thought exactly the same thingI also like the way he is depicted bent with the weight
"Strewth, I've got it this far now for the final push up to my eye".
Hells pensioner - born to be mild
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