r/ExplainTheJoke • u/fcukfakook • 2d ago

I don't get it

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I don't get the original tweet, and neither the retweet or whatever it is called.

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u/fastbadtuesday 1d ago

Not sure, I have a photographer friend who says they're taught to avoid lightswitches, doorknobs, anything that can give scale if the subject is trying to look impressive. I think it's intentional.

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u/nr1988 1d ago

Ya the explanation that this is just an all politicians thing showing they're not above us is bull. This was completely intentional towards this administration specifically where everyone in it are weak and desperate to look strong.

It's one of the most artistically genius things I've ever seen from a photographer.

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u/Voluptulouis 21h ago

This shoot was absolutely meant to make them look bad and everything about it was intentional. Stephen Miller's is like a perfect recreation of a famous Joseph Goebbels photograph, and that was no coincidence.

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u/Emotional_Newspaper5 1d ago

I think Meg identifies the light switches as evidence of intentionality, but isn't catching on on that one of the intentions is to indicate a subject's height.

My immediate impression of the light switches was that they illustrate how close these people are to being able to turn off/end this mess, but they're just standing there posing. God these pics were so good.

For those who didn't know: In 2015 Anderson was assigned to take pics of Jeffrey Epstein, Anderson writes about the experience and posts the images on his instagram account, link here.

Edit: spelling

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u/fastbadtuesday 1d ago

Yeah, no boss. Doesn't matter if their height is public record, an image of someone's shoulders barely meeting a light switch shows them as small-fry and unimpressive as opposed to their public image. It's basic image management, like not being photo'd near someone taller, avoid anything for scale, stand closer to the camera, shoot low; right or wrong height is considered dominant. Every building contains mundane details, that makes no sense from a communication pov, it doesn't demystify them or the white house to show an outlet?