Too honest tourist retro posters

Too honest tourist retro posters

Categories: Design and Architecture | Society | Travel

A Belgian illustrator and street artist under the pseudonym Monk HF travels around the world and explores the art of graffiti in different countries. But this time he decided to make a series of retro-styled tourist advertising posters that fully reflect the problems of the places he chose.

"I found an amazing illustrated poster about Palestine drawn by Franz Kraus — "Visit Palestine" in 1936 — and thought why not make a few more of these, in the same style, but on some pressing topics: environmental pollution, migration, war, etc. That's what happened as a result, but the project continues. Which city will be next?" the artist wrote.

Probably, the authorities of these cities and countries will not like these posters, but they are quite truthful and talk about what to really expect in this or that place.

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Too honest tourist retro posters Source: Bored Panda

Too honest tourist retro posters

Dirty reservoirs in Rio de Janeiro.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Deforestation in Borneo.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Whale slaughter in the Faroe Islands.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Transsexual prostitutes in Bangkok.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Refugees from the Middle East in Lesbos.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Bloody terrorist attacks in Baghdad.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Child labor in Phuket.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Dirt in Calcutta.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Dirty beaches in Rio de Janeiro.

Too honest tourist retro posters

Dirty sea in the Maldives.

Keywords: Belgium | Graphics | Illustrations | Posters | Artist | Honesty

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