04-10-2014, 12:47 AM
Wow- what an exercise in futility on my part.
There is nothing wrong with copying a photo. It's what portrait artists normally do. It's certainly what I would expect Bush to do in this case, he's not sitting live with these people. But portrait artists are usually trying to create something interesting therefore the photo they choose to copy is important.
It's WHAT photo he used that is interesting and that undermines how he has projected the value of these portraits. He used the wiki photos for his subjects, which are usually the first images that appear in google searches of these people.
This is a man who has access to private, unpublished photos by White House photographers of many, if not all, of these subjects. Surely there are more interesting perspectives, that he could have shared, than the ones on wikipedia. Perhaps he has private photos of his own from his actual visits and meetings with these people?
that's the point of the article, that's the point of the OP
a point that was completely lost in pretty much every comment except the hilarious one by Steve G so thank you Steve for that!
There is nothing wrong with copying a photo. It's what portrait artists normally do. It's certainly what I would expect Bush to do in this case, he's not sitting live with these people. But portrait artists are usually trying to create something interesting therefore the photo they choose to copy is important.
It's WHAT photo he used that is interesting and that undermines how he has projected the value of these portraits. He used the wiki photos for his subjects, which are usually the first images that appear in google searches of these people.
This is a man who has access to private, unpublished photos by White House photographers of many, if not all, of these subjects. Surely there are more interesting perspectives, that he could have shared, than the ones on wikipedia. Perhaps he has private photos of his own from his actual visits and meetings with these people?
that's the point of the article, that's the point of the OP
a point that was completely lost in pretty much every comment except the hilarious one by Steve G so thank you Steve for that!