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| 2008-09-14 |
| When The Atlantic called Jill Greenberg, a committed Democrat, to shoot a portrait of John McCain for its October cover, she rubbed her hands with glee. She delivered the image the magazine asked for—a shot that makes the Republican presidential nominee look heroic. Greenberg is well known for her highly retouched images of bears and crying babies. But she didn’t bother to do much retouching on her McCain images. “I left his eyes red and his skin looking bad,” she says. However, that's not the picture Greenberg hoped the Atlantic would use: After getting that shot, Greenberg asked McCain to “please come over here” for one more set-up before the 15-minute shoot was over. There, she had a beauty dish with a modeling light set up. “That’s what he thought he was being lit by,” Greenberg says. “But that wasn’t firing.” What was firing was a strobe positioned below him, which cast the horror movie shadows across his face and on the wall right behind him. “He had no idea he was being lit from below,” Greenberg says. And his handlers didn’t seem to notice it either. “I guess they’re not very sophisticated,” she adds. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #5 Case in point ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-09-14 22:43 |
| #4 I saw her list of clients. After this, if any of them who hire her to photograph anything for them, they're certifiable. Hope she enjoys her moment in the sun. It may well be her last.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-14 21:57 |
| #3 From comments: More by the photographer. Also in comments: Yes, earlier in the day she had an image up with a monkey urinating and defecating on top of McCain's head. Apparently she had enough sense (or counsel) to pull that one. Sorry I didn't screencap it. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-09-14 16:36 |
| #2 see my link to Ace of Spades in the Wonder Woman thread. When you have lemons, make lemonade |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-14 15:24 |
| #1 SOP; a somewhat running joke for anyone who looks at the pics of conservative pols in msm... it doesn't even have to be sophisticated like that one, usually, just pick a picture when the guy is open-mouthed or looks confused, or tired, or anything that will project a bad image. Really, just pay attention, once you see it, you can't miss that habit. While I don't like much pépé Le Pen, here in france, almost all pics of him used by the msm show him looking from below (same trick as with Mc Cain here, to get that "dictator with the chin up" subliminal image), or with his mouth open, like he's eructing (which is his habit of talking, on the other hand). Just look at how GWB was shot over the years, you can't miss it. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-09-14 14:13 |