This compilation of powerful and shocking advertisements was created by various ad agencies to bring awareness and change for social and environmental causes.
Warning: Some of these images are a bit disturbing.
#1. Victims are people just like you and me.
Advertising Agency: Advico Y&R, Zurich, Switzerland
#2. Stop the violence. Don’t drink and drive.
Advertising Agency: Terremoto Propaganda, Curitiba, Brazil
#3. If you smoke, statistically your story will end 15% before it should.
Advertising Agency: Iris, London, UK
#4. World Wide Fund for nature: Frightening vs. more frightening
Advertising Agency: DDB&CO., Istanbul, Turkey
#5. Your skin color shouldn’t dictate your future.
Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
#6. Deforestation continues with the turn of a page.
Advertising Agency: LINKSUS, Beijing, China
#7. Unhate.
Advertising Agency: Fabrica, Italy
#8. Slower is better.
Advertising Agency: Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, USA
#9. Save paper, save the planet.
Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark
#10. Air pollutions kills 60,000 people a year.
Advertising Agency: unknown
#11. Liking isn’t helping. Be a volunteer. Change a life.
Advertising Agency: Publicis, Singapore
#12. If you don’t pick it up they will.
Advertising Agency: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
#13. What we see when you smoke.
Advertising Agency: JWT, Atlanta, USA
#14. Animal Anti-Cruelty League: Stop the abuse.
Advertising Agency: Lowe Bull, Cape Town, South Africa
#15. Don’t talk while driving.
Advertising Agency: Mudra Group, India
#16. Child Soldiers: It’s not happening here, but it’s happening now.
Creative/Art director Pius Walker, Amnesty International, Switzerland.
#17. Censorship tells the wrong story.
Advertising Agency: Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, UAE
#18. The number of car accidents involving children increases during school holidays.
Advertising Agency: Red Pepper, Ekaterinburg, Russia
#19. Every 60 seconds a species dies out.
Advertising Agency: Scholz & Friends, Berlin, Germany
#20. Where’s the pedophile?
Art Director: Michael Arguello, Copywriter: Bassam Tariq, Additional credits: Jason Musante
#21. Sexual predators can hide in your child’s smartphone.
Advertising Agency: Herezie, Paris, France
#22. Smoking causes premature aging.
Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG Australia
#23. You’re not a sketch, say no to anorexia.
Advertising Agency: Revolution Brasil
#24. Neglected children are made to feel invisible. Stop abuse now.
Australian Childhood Foundation, JWT Melbourne
#25. Plastic bags kill.
Advertising Agency: BBDO Malaysia, MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur / Advertising Agency: Duval Guillaume, Belgium
#26. What goes around comes around. Keep the ocean clean.
Advertising Agency: JWT, Dubai, UAE
#27. Tailgating isn’t worth it. Give trucks room.
Advertising Agency: Amélie Company, Denver, Colorado, USA
#28. When you see a tuna, think of a panda.
Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore
#29. Sleepiness is stronger than you. Don’t drive sleepy.
Advertising Agency: BBDO Bangkok, Thailand
#30. See how easy feeding the hungry can be?
Advertising Agency: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
#31. Cancer, which is thrown into your lung by yourself.
Advertising Agency: Dentsu, Beijing, China
#32. Deforestation and the air we breathe.
Advertising Agency: TBWA\PARIS, France
#33. For the homeless every day is a struggle.
Advertising Agency: Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne, Australia
#34. Please don’t lose control over your drinking.
Advertising Agency: EURORSCG Prague, Czech Republic
#35. Women need to be seen as equal.
Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Dubai, UAE
#36. Don’t buy exotic animal souveniers.
Advertising Agency: LOWE GGK, Warsaw, Poland
#37. Buckle up. Stay alive.
Advertising Agency: Lg2, Quebec, Canada
#38. Same pet, different owner.
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