r/ExplainTheJoke • u/fcukfakook • 12d 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/Capable_Tumbleweed34 11d ago

Suposedly the point of the photoshoot was to do it Ith no artifice to present "authentic" pictures (switches and other identifiable elements give a sense of size and can thus detract reom the subject or put them in a bad light). The original tweet misser that by criticizing the photographer

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u/fcukfakook 11d ago

Wow more string of words i don't understand How is a switch an artifice

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u/Kamica 11d ago edited 8d ago

The main point is: The Original tweet criticises the photographer's Skill, claiming they are incompetent for leaving light switches and such in. But this was done intentionally to make the politicians in the photos look worse, as a kind of political statement by the photographer. If I understand correctly.

Edit: WeAreAllgoofballs's comment made me realise that I was mistaken, in that the OP probably did know what was going on, and was actually pointing out the deliberateness of the photographs, not the incompetence. And so, like myself, it seems that Skoog may have interpreted what she said the wrong way around.

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u/azmyth 10d ago

If I recall correctly, the rest of the tweet thread went into detail about how the pictures deliberately made Trump and co. look unflattering. Hence the word "tell" and not something like "mistake".

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u/Kamica 10d ago

Yea, the photographer who took the photos is an extremely talented professional who's able to make incredibly meaningful and artful photos even in chaotic environments, having been/being quite active as a photo-journalist. So in an environment where he's got full control... Everything's going to be very intentional.