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Literal Narcissus: White House Releases New Obama Photo

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Posted by tipper 2010-01-25 13:13|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I don't see whats so strange here

the image has some minor artistic value - shows proportion, alignment, symmetry

Posted by lord garth 2010-01-25 14:56|| 2010-01-25 14:56|| Front Page Top

#2 In the pantheon Narcissus was a handsome young man who fell in love with his own reflection he saw in a brook after rejecting many paramours that he tired of and then killed himself. Seeing Obama looking at his own reflection is as one commenter fittingly put it, beyond parody.

Posted by GirlThursday 2010-01-25 15:44|| 2010-01-25 15:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Stand it just long enuf to shave, lol.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-25 15:48|| 2010-01-25 15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 But where is TOTUS?

Posted by Waldemar Gleamp1150 2010-01-25 17:24|| 2010-01-25 17:24|| Front Page Top

#5 It looks fake from an optics POV to me. To get that image in the mirror he should be standing further to the right. Or the mirror is rotated away from the wall. Anyone else see it that way?

Posted by Grunter 2010-01-25 17:45|| 2010-01-25 17:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The White House thought the photo was memorable cause Obama spends several hours a day doing that.

Posted by DMFD 2010-01-25 17:59|| 2010-01-25 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Classic. Somebody photoshop some water ripples onto the mirror.

Posted by ed 2010-01-25 18:02|| 2010-01-25 18:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Poor Mrs Obama is worried, he keeps on about taking a blue pill and holes..

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-01-25 18:03|| 2010-01-25 18:03|| Front Page Top

#9 "Mirror, mirror, on the wall..."

Posted by SR-71 2010-01-25 18:21|| 2010-01-25 18:21|| Front Page Top

#10 He does look worried. Pro'lly just making sure he still casts a reflection as he drains the economy of its lifeblood.

Posted by SteveS 2010-01-25 18:45|| 2010-01-25 18:45|| Front Page Top

#11 In the pantheon Narcissus was a handsome young man who fell in love with his own reflection he saw in a brook after rejecting many paramours that he tired of and then killed himself
A flower then grew on the spot where he died and that is the Narcissus.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-01-25 18:49|| 2010-01-25 18:49|| Front Page Top

#12 What would happen if everybody greeted him at his photo ops with bouquets of daffodils (narcissi)?

Posted by mom 2010-01-25 19:10|| 2010-01-25 19:10|| Front Page Top

#13 Cool idea, mom. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-25 19:22|| 2010-01-25 19:22|| Front Page Top

#14 Photoshopped

Posted by tipper 2010-01-25 19:23|| 2010-01-25 19:23|| Front Page Top

#15 Not to be Reproduced
Magritte

Posted by tipper 2010-01-25 20:13|| 2010-01-25 20:13|| Front Page Top

#16 Tipper.
You art buff. Nice skills.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-01-25 20:36|| 2010-01-25 20:36|| Front Page Top

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