stock sucker

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The Conservative Party and I don’t get along. Their use of stock images of people in their advertising material (ht: The Egonomist) is one of the many things we disagree on.

Using the magic that is Google Image Search, I present to you the faces from the Conservative Party advertising that might seem familiar, but not because you would have seen them in real life.

But wait. If you want to play along at home, you can download their mailers that they’ve helpfully uploaded to their website and image search your heart out. By my count we’ve only had three delivered, so if you want a spoiler of what’s to come in your letter box in the coming weeks, here’s four and five in advance.

I – II – III – IV – V (pdfs)

Mailer One

Conservative Party image

Mama’s Health

SwitchUp (and I’m pretty sure they just made up that name and quote)

Addiction Discussion

iStockphoto

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Conservative Party image

ANG Investments

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Conservative Party image

Doctors’ Pediatric

Virgil Roberson

Building Blocks Early Learning Center (is this even a real teacher?)

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Conservative Party image

VA Mortgage Center

Sala de Terapia

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Conservative Party image. You’d think that maybe they’d use a real New Zealand farmer for this image, but you’re not the Conservative Party or their graphic designers.

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