In class, we were studying the representation of people by appearance. We looked at what people stereotype and what they think of a character at their first impression. We also went into a bit of depth and looked at what might they have experienced. Our stimulus was this man:
The notes I wrote at my first impression of this man were:
"This man looks homeless. He has a beard which looks unkept and has rips in his trousuers that are mended by patches of unexpensive looking material. He looks as though he'd have a deep, gravelly voice. I think he may have experienced some bad things in his life, such as drug problems, or maybe alcohol issues and he is stood still in a busy street, looking like he has nowhere to go and nothing to do. His clothes are his only possession".
Well, as it turns out, i couldn't have been more wrong if i tried. This man's name is Doug Bilmaier and is the head of the vintage department at Ralph Lauren. Doug's job is to travel the world searching for inspiration and decorations of the vintage department. He is actually a very well off man and has done vewry well in his life. It just goes to show that stereotypes and first impressions are heavily relied upon in films and programs etc. Here is another picture of him, but this time, it's a little more obvious he's not homeless:
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