Antonio Guillem
One man returns his gaze to another woman, and his girlfriend disapproves. It’s an age-old story! The scene was transformed into a metaphor by a variety of captions, making it one of the most popular memes of 2017. Who are the three young people in the photo after all the laughter? Who are these generic stock photo models? However, the artist has been identified: Antonio Guillem, a photographer, is unintentionally the man behind the meme. “I never thought that one of my images would be this popular…we always have a really great work atmosphere and almost all the time one of the models was laughing while we were trying to take the picture.” For at least a year, so was social media!
Antonio Guillem
Vladimir Brest
People who were familiar with and enjoyed the “Dramatic Dmitry” meme did so for a variety of reasons. A little melodrama — or a lot — is sometimes exactly what a situation calls for. The despair was palpable as he looked down and released grains of sand in his hand. Who is this emotional man? The image is from a Russian musician named Vladimir Brest’s album. He was dissatisfied with the outcome of his likeness: “I myself am generally positive…most of the pictures are obscene. All this is seen by children. I don’t want to be a person guilty of the degradation and corruption of the young generation.” It appears that you are not a fan of meme culture!
Vladimir Brest
