Posted on 01/26/2017 3:50:55 PM PST by goldstategop
During his inauguration address on Friday, Donald Trump released an image that had nothing to do with crowd size or marchers: his official White House portrait.
The picture, which features prominently in the White House website’s biography of Trump, depicts the President in front of what appears to be a green-screen image of the White House. In his characteristic red tie, Trump leans forward, no smile, with an aggressive — arguably menacing — stare.
The image struck us as unusual, so we reached out to some professional photographers and presidential scholars to help us unpack why. The photo is odd, they agreed, especially when compared with past Presidents’ photos. The problems with Trump’s photo: unflattering lighting and threatening posing
Trump’s posture and slight lean forward portray the President as an aggressive figure, says Tamzin Smith, a professional photographer who specializes in portraiture. The catchlights in the lower part of Trump’s eyes — those bright white dots just beneath his pupils — indicate he’s being lit from below. For a portrait like this, that’s a “bizarre” lighting choice, she said.
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Perhaps “God Blessed America” along with “God Bless America”
He knows that the attacks will not stop and wanted a picture to demonstrate his inner steel - they hate what they fear and they are scared to death of him and all his treasonous “Back to the Constitution and Law and Order” talk/actions.....gonna have to start using the wife’s moisturizer so the smile lines don’t start to rip my face apart.
Heh! Thanks so much for your trouble - I wasn’t really questioning your veracity - I just wanted to see the picture. Again, thanks.
Actually, you had every right to question my statement, it being a subjective call on my part. Regardless, something tells me that Trump is one tough dude when faced across a table.
Maybe your DJT picture was from “The Apprentice” - I saved it locally as “Donald Trump - You’re fired!” ;-)
I don't know; but it appears he plays "Chicken" quite well!
Who is she, she looks vaguely familiar!
My big capitalist brother is watching your big communist brother.
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