The Visual Promise of Justin Trudeau
We already know Justin Trudeau can make a visual splash. The question is, can he make a difference?
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Our Favorite Obama – Putin UN “War of the Rosés” Picture
While most media highlighted more manly-man U.S.-Russia stand-off pics from the Secretary-General’s UN luncheon, we’re voting for this as our #1.
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On Obama in Alaska and the (Visitor) Showers at Auschwitz
My takeaway from the White House photographs of Obama’s trip to Alaska, and the photos of the outdoor misting stations at Auschwitz, is pretty similar
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Amazing Grace: Key Scenes From Obama to Newsome, ACA to Pride
And with the funerals and the dignity emanating from Charleston in the aftermath of the racist church massacre in Charleston, what with Obama's sermon, Bree Newsome and the two momentous Supreme Court decisions, by the weekend, it was like "ACA Meets Pride Meets Black Lives Matter."
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Obama at the Science Fair
It’s an indication of Obama’s self-assuredness that he tried out the goods in front of a room-full of news photographers at this year’s White House Science Fair.
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Milestone Optics: Obama’s Pettus Bridge Vs. Bush’s Mission Accomplished
We are looking at a strategic decision to visually frame the president's 50th anniversary Selma speech as a mile marker on a long road toward racial justice.
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Seven Years into a Presidency, What Lurks Beneath the Laugh Track
What's brilliant is the way the photo, on the surface a textbook example of political celebrity, also taps into America's racial polarization.
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At the White House, a Sense of Humor (and the Old Shazam!)
This photo might suggest a few things about Obama 2015 now that he has run his last campaign and seems lighter in his step.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: That Obama Photo Fronting Saturday's NYT
If the more mobilized midterm voters looked at the President askance, it's still not over.
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Photo Op Chemistry as de Blasio Ebola Shot Turns to Bacon
I guess the question is, how much are the photo-op and the visual press release creating reassurance as opposed to their own hemorrhagic reactions to the disease?
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Businessweek’s Nearsighted "Obama Crisis Management" Cover
You'd think people understood by now that Obama is a lot more likely to accessorize with a hair shirt than a pair of shades.
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American Ebola: Visual Highs and Lows of the Week
As for those shots of the NYC policemen tossing rubber gloves and masks in a public garbage can, never mind how the Mail article, in two places, strongly suggests that the officers hadn't even been inside Dr Spencer's apartment.
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Obola: Visual Attacks on Obama Pick Up Where Kenya/Muslim Slurs Left Off
Almost seven years down the road from the election of the first black American president, in many respects it seems we're back where we started.
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As Obama *Takes Stand* Against ISIS, What Ever Happened to Oval Office Address?
After President Obama delivered yet another one of his weird, standing at a podium televised speeches last night, several people were wondering whatever happened to the classic Oval Office Address. So far as I can tell, the story goes something like this....
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Obama Fluff, Perfectly Suited
Actually, Obama's summery change up was nothing short of a rescue.
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On that Picture of Obama Dancing During the Ferguson Turmoil
Until white right-wing critics suddenly become the official arbiters of political correctness, let's just say the President has many roles to play in public.
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