mich8261
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I particularly liked Susan Rice's portrait and Kang's (holding book in front of himself). David Axelrod looks like he is auditioning for the role of Dupont or perhaps Dupond (Tintin references).
Obama's People
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xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Scary looking people, especially the ones of irish-americans.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Strangely I rather like the unease and rumpled look of a lot of the subjects though I'm not sure that it was what was required here. Square them up, convert them to black and white and some of them bring Arbus to mind! 😛
MichaelHarris
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Man I love the Obama but that photographer should be fired and told never to hold a camera again.
bmattock
Veteran
To the contrary.
R
ruben
Guest
Would I be absolved if I say that these folks look as they were intended to look, out of this or that political calculation ?
We live the Joe the Plumber times.
Cheers,
Ruben
We live the Joe the Plumber times.
Cheers,
Ruben
Thardy
Veteran
I don't understand this statement.
cmogi10
Bodhisattva
Nh3
Well-known
These people look the way they should look and these quirky portraits makes them look more approachable... Interestingly none of them have that look of a "potential war criminal"...
Thardy
Veteran
Sorry, I misread it.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Hey ... Carl would have had them all in various reclining poses holding a cigarette or a bong! 😀
Thardy
Veteran
Yes these portraits were quirky but I thought most of the women looked quite attractive. On second thought, I think women generally photograph better than men.
cmogi10
Bodhisattva
😀
Actually for a crowd like this an LSD driven circus might be best...cigarettes and bongs on the side.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
mackigator
Well-known
I like the contrived look - the in between-ness of all the poses. But the question remains: that shadow. Clever lighting or Photoshop? I'd be curious to hear what the seasoned lighting types around here say.
Morca007
Matt
What odd portraits to choose to release. Every single one makes the subject appear uneasy, unnatural, or inhuman.
bmattock
Veteran
bmattock
Veteran
Funny. When Jill Greenberg did what she did, everyone applauded her 'artistic vision' and defended her 'right to express her political opinions' via photography on the cover the Atlantic magazine. Some photographer has done the same to a rogue's gallery of incoming scamps, and now it's a bad thing because it isn't the outgoing scamps.
Laugh? I thought I'd die. The irony is lost on the sinister, but the dexter gets it.
ebolton
Number 7614
Did anyone see the other set? The "backstory" pictures. I thought those were more interesting, though the cast of characters is limited- few of the subjects show up there.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
I really like a good cheeseburger. I really don't like one when I've ordered pancakes.
If he wants to be all Warholish, he's perfectly free to do that. But as the official photographer for the White House, he ought to know the difference between reportage, "art", and plain incompetence.
