Kim Jong-Il looking at Things - João Rocha

Kim Jong Il Looking at Things is one of Tumblr monothematics The most followed, shared and imitated in recent years. Uninterrupted continuation of photographs of the DEAR North Korean leader looking at things, this series fascinates by its formal rigor and by the intensity of the imaginations it conveys.

Without removing from these photographs their primary function - raising Kim Jong -il to the rank of icon - this series moves the subject and the challenges of propaganda. The icon becomes taxonomy, the viewer is looked at, and the meaning of images keeps shirking.