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Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole!
(06-10-2018, 09:40 AM)BIAD Wrote:
(06-10-2018, 02:26 AM)guohua Wrote: The glass of water??  tinywondering

Merkel's left hand is badly cropped and at first, I'd say the glass is there to distract. But to be honest,
her right hand behind the glass isn't much better and whoever made the image may have been focused
on that one. Anyway, the manipulator has over-endeavoured in attempting to place an everyday-object
in an unusual situation to compensate.
It's a subtle trick, but used a lot.

An argument could be made for the effect of magnification, but I think it's a difficult call.

Look at the whole scene.

A small table, paperwork, a translate-listening device or two, and maybe a phone on it.
The scene is supposed to portray a serious discussion with many people around the table.
Cameras can be seen behind the group and of course, the one taking the photo.
Why in such a busy cramped situation would a single glass of water be there...?

Is hospitality so poor at this important function that only one person may need a drink of water?!
Couldn't a larger table be found to allow these representatives to have their paperwork available?!!

But the implication would be lost if a larger scene was offered and it's the idea that a European partnership
is 'talking down' to the President of Sanctions and ergo, more powerful, that is needed to be purveyed.
Where's Justin Trudeau and why are there more Chinese officials in the photo-op than anyone else?
...............

In an age of using optics to purvey a message, we're supposed to believe that a photograph is allowed
into the mainstream realm where a German Chancellor is seen with a French President is at her side and
a defiant Chinese Prime Minister Shinzo Ab (note which two men have their arms folded)...
waiting for something that resembles a scolding being given to the most powerful office in the world.

All the while, Donald Trump is sitting down like a schoolboy awaiting a punishment and smirking.
He could be looking at Theresa May, who could be stood behind Macron, but he's certainly not looking
at Merkel.

John Bolton looks shocked at Merkel's seemingly-stern reprimand of Trump (which is what all of this is
supposed to imply)... and all the while, a single glass of water placed in such a precarious scene could
ruin the electric atmosphere that's meant to be perceived.

There's a natural flow to an image, I'd venture to say that only a third of the photograph is actually genuine.
But Trump's positioning, his eye-line -as well as Bolton's and Shinzo Ab are not targeted on the supposed
speaker and Merkel is certainly not leaning on that particular table.

It's fake, but it's worth a thousand words.
Awwwwwww, Thank You  minusculethumbsup
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RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by BIAD - 11-06-2017, 10:01 AM
RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by BIAD - 11-07-2017, 11:39 AM
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RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by BIAD - 11-10-2017, 10:15 AM
RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by guohua - 11-11-2017, 02:36 AM
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RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by guohua - 11-11-2017, 04:07 AM
RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by BIAD - 11-11-2017, 09:37 AM
RE: Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole! - by guohua - 11-11-2017, 03:14 PM
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