Posted on 12/11/2013 6:41:47 AM PST by kristinn
SNIP
The atmosphere was totally relaxed – I didn’t see anything shocking in my viewfinder, president of the US or not. We are in Africa.
I later read on social media that Michelle Obama seemed to be rather peeved on seeing the Danish prime minister take the picture. But photos can lie. In reality, just a few seconds earlier the first lady was herself joking with those around her, Cameron and Schmidt included. Her stern look was captured by chance.
I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you. I doubt anyone could have remained totally stony faced for the duration of the ceremony, while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium. For me, the behaviour of these leaders in snapping a selfie seems perfectly natural. I see nothing to complain about, and probably would have done the same in their place. The AFP team worked hard to display the reaction that South African people had for the passing of someone they consider as a father. We moved about 500 pictures, trying to portray their true feelings, and this seemingly trivial image seems to have eclipsed much of this collective work.
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It was interesting to see politicians in a human light because usually when we see them it is in such a controlled environment. Maybe this would not be such an issue if we, as the press, would have more access to dignitaries and be able to show they are human as the rest of us.
I confess too that it makes me a little sad we are so obsessed with day-to-day trivialities, instead of things of true importance.
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“Michelle actually hates men?”
Of course she does.
So she married him.
And the cry came up from the journalism world:
WHY COULDN’T THIS BE BUSH!!!!
That’s her “Watch it sucka” look.
But the photo lied.
Are you going to believe your lying eyes of the photographer that snapped it?
He’s a clown when he isn’t a traitor. Multitasking.
You are right - the pix are in ther right sequence. They were laughing about it on Tim Conway Jr’s Talk Radio last night.
“I see nothing to complain about, and probably would have done the same in their place.”
That’s because you are also a classless jackass!
“Her stern look was captured by chance.”
Yeah,,,she wasn’t angry. Thats why she moved herself between the Emperor and the creepy ass cracker.
I didn’t think he looked all that bad after all he was kicking it with a hot blond at a funeral gig. Now Muchelle on the other hand looked all bad and crabby...
Obama just wanted a little white meat for a change...
“For me, the behaviour of these leaders in snapping a selfie seems perfectly natural. “
“Because I have no sense of proper behavior at a funeral or any sense of what “dignified” means...a-yuk! I mean you can’t expect world leaders to just lik,e ya know, act like world leaders...”
This is why we can’t speak to these people anymore...their understandings of normal and ours just do not mesh...
GWB is not the President!
Too late, IRS Agent Smith is at the door.
This, in a nut shell is the problem with YOU PEOPLE for the past 7 years. You believe your own lying eyes instead of the absolute truth of our great leader, whatever that may be today.
Hahah!! This guy is so full of sh*t his eyes just turned brown...
Mooch was FURIOUS with the boy king... that’s plainly evident in her face, body language, and the fact that she ultimately positioned herself BETWEEN the hottie and hubby.
Ah, ya gotta love the sycophants...
and it wasn’t a single photo, twitchy.com had the SERIES of photos, and she had a furious puss on in all of them and then finally planted her behind between him and the blonde Dane. so yeah, you can spin yourself silly, mr photog, FLOTUS was in full blown hissy fit there.
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