Comments on: Leibovitz The Pest, Among Other Things http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/ Reading the Pictures — Visual politics and the analysis of news images Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: timolo http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87790 timolo Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:04:57 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87790 " This group looks nothing if not inconvenienced ". Yes, could you look a little more cheery as you place your head on the chopping block. You would think after inheriting the sh*t storm that is our economy they would look excited for the challenge. ” This group looks nothing if not inconvenienced “. Yes, could you look a little more cheery as you place your head on the chopping block. You would think after inheriting the sh*t storm that is our economy they would look excited for the challenge.

]]> By: thirdeye pushpin http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87789 thirdeye pushpin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:38:39 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87789 What cookie jar, what cookies, there are no cookies here. You can ask her; she will tell you that the cookies that are not here, and were never here are now gone. We are busy protecting the cookies. So get your hands out of the jar, trust us to protect the empty cookie jar...now get along and get out of here. crumbdreamers... What cookie jar, what cookies, there are no cookies here. You can ask her; she will tell you that the cookies that are not here, and were never here are now gone. We are busy protecting the cookies. So get your hands out of the jar, trust us to protect the empty cookie jar…now get along and get out of here.
crumbdreamers…

]]> By: Sage http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87788 Sage Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:48:34 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87788 Geithner always looks (in every photo I've seen) like he is hiding something and is very suspicious and defensive. I have yet to see a photo which looks like he is open to the viewer in any way. Geithner always looks (in every photo I’ve seen) like he is hiding something and is very suspicious and defensive. I have yet to see a photo which looks like he is open to the viewer in any way.

]]> By: Angellight http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87787 Angellight Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:45:40 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87787 The GOP should stop Hijacking the Stimulus Package and holding it Hostage because the way George Bush and the GOP spent our money will be characterized by an Era of Irresponsibility and Neglect, while Obama wants to spend our money wisely and on rebuillding Americsa, if the GOP lets him. The awful truth is that One Party has destroyed America while the other Party the Democratic Party wants to restore it. For instance: If you have a home in which you used your money to spend on alcohol, good times and neglected your roof, your bills, and now your roof is in danger of collapsing because you used your money on good times instead of the upkeep of your home and now the Argument is you are unable to borrow money to fix your roof before it caves in because you used your money foolishly in the past is also recklesslness and neglect on the part of the lender, so they let the roof collapse. In the Bush years 30 billion was spent in Afghanistan -- 50 billion in Iraq and now Congress wants to say we cannot spend necessary money at home which has so long been neglected? States were given no money in the Bush years and now they still want to keep money out of the States on a fraudulent theory. It is now time to for Congress to put money back in to the United States and to spend money wisely and not fraudulently, irresponsibly and in the dark as in the Bush years. Obama believes in transparancey, hence you can find the Stimulus package on line for all to see. GOP say this money will be more of the same. It will not be more of the same. This money will be used for Americans, for jobs, to rebuild for improvement and innovations to improve life not on wars and countries which have nothing to do with American people or on big business who do not need the money. Bush and the Republicans inherited a Surplus from the Democrats and yet the GOP has created the worst economic crisis ever. The GOP should stop hijacking the Stimulus and do the right thing and let money flow back into America again, instead of holding the Democrats hostage from their quest of bringing help to the people and restoring American again. When will average Americans wake up and realize that the GOP does not care for YOU! The GOP should stop Hijacking the Stimulus Package and holding it Hostage because the way George Bush and the GOP spent our money will be characterized by an Era of Irresponsibility and Neglect, while Obama wants to spend our money wisely and on rebuillding Americsa, if the GOP lets him. The awful truth is that One Party has destroyed America while the other Party the Democratic Party wants to restore it.
For instance: If you have a home in which you used your money to spend on alcohol, good times and neglected your roof, your bills, and now your roof is in danger of collapsing because you used your money on good times instead of the upkeep of your home and now the Argument is you are unable to borrow money to fix your roof before it caves in because you used your money foolishly in the past is also recklesslness and neglect on the part of the lender, so they let the roof collapse.
In the Bush years 30 billion was spent in Afghanistan — 50 billion in Iraq and now Congress wants to say we cannot spend necessary money at home which has so long been neglected? States were given no money in the Bush years and now they still want to keep money out of the States on a fraudulent theory.
It is now time to for Congress to put money back in to the United States and to spend money wisely and not fraudulently, irresponsibly and in the dark as in the Bush years. Obama believes in transparancey, hence you can find the Stimulus package on line for all to see.
GOP say this money will be more of the same. It will not be more of the same. This money will be used for Americans, for jobs, to rebuild for improvement and innovations to improve life not on wars and countries which have nothing to do with American people or on big business who do not need the money.
Bush and the Republicans inherited a Surplus from the Democrats and yet the GOP has created the worst economic crisis ever. The GOP should stop hijacking the Stimulus and do the right thing and let money flow back into America again, instead of holding the Democrats hostage from their quest of bringing help to the people and restoring American again. When will average Americans wake up and realize that the GOP does not care for YOU!

]]> By: Neal Deesit http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87786 Neal Deesit Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:25:41 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87786 How uncharacteristic of Summers. For the "solution" to his cronies' insolvent banks problem, he'll have his hand in the <i>taxpayers'</i> pockets, for the next couple of generations. How uncharacteristic of Summers. For the “solution” to his cronies’ insolvent banks problem, he’ll have his hand in the taxpayers’ pockets, for the next couple of generations.

]]> By: joeradish http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87785 joeradish Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:47 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87785 I like this picture. A serious group, with more important things to concern them. I would hope so. All around good color enhances the tie colors and the blue jacket. I like this picture. A serious group, with more important things to concern them. I would hope so. All around good color enhances the tie colors and the blue jacket.

]]> By: yg http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87784 yg Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:05:25 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87784 another economic team member missing is goolsbee. another economic team member missing is goolsbee.

]]> By: yg http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87783 yg Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:59:55 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87783 <i>..It seems pretty clear now, by the way, that Rahm Emanuel's look of skepticism and wariness -- not to mention, exhaustion -- in the NYT "Obama's People" shoot can be accounted for the same way.</i> i forget who but one of the pundits pointed to faulting rahm for failing to vet the nominees fully or failing to warn obama tax issues might be a problem. if they had owned up to the problem early, say during the summer or fall, that would have avoided the issue turning into a bombshell. when rahm was first asked to be chief of staff, he didn't jump at the opportunity. his initial reaction was to hesitate and say he'd have to think about it. maybe he should have listened to his first instinct. ..It seems pretty clear now, by the way, that Rahm Emanuel’s look of skepticism and wariness — not to mention, exhaustion — in the NYT “Obama’s People” shoot can be accounted for the same way.
i forget who but one of the pundits pointed to faulting rahm for failing to vet the nominees fully or failing to warn obama tax issues might be a problem. if they had owned up to the problem early, say during the summer or fall, that would have avoided the issue turning into a bombshell.
when rahm was first asked to be chief of staff, he didn’t jump at the opportunity. his initial reaction was to hesitate and say he’d have to think about it. maybe he should have listened to his first instinct.

]]> By: cenoxo http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87782 cenoxo Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:57:20 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87782 <strong>Liebovitz the Rest</strong> <img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3194/obamacabinetpansmallersu3.jpg"> [<a href="http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/462/obamacabinetpanbigrb6.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to view larger image] It looks like <em>VF</em>'s editors were also in a hurry: examine this stitched-together lineup* of Cabinet O in images 2, 3, and 4 of the <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/03/obama-portfolio200903?slide=2#globalNav" rel="nofollow"><em>Enter Obama</em></a> slideshow:<ul><li>Daschle (<em>sans</em> rose colored glasses) is now an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newspeak_words#Unperson" rel="nofollow">unperson</a>. Out of the frame, please, and do not speak of him.</li><li>Shinseki, back turned, is ready to about-face and march off stage.</li><li>LaHood is fading into the infrastructure.</li><li>Solis looks anxious to get back to hard labor on a full desk.</li><li>Vilsack is thinking twice about his new job's salary cut.</li><li>Napolitano is the friendliest-looking Homeland Security chief we've ever had. Watch out.</li><li>Geithner: "The Dow Jones is at <em>what</em>?" And what's with the purple tie: didn't he get the pre-shoot memo?</li><li>Holder — perhaps pre-confirmation here — still looks a little restrained.</li><li>Duncan's hopefully rolling up his sleeves to administer a little school discipline.</li><li>Rice — no, not that one — is so eager that she's missed her mark. That will change.</li><li>Chu (shot separately under different lights and poorly Photoshopped in) is trying to refocus his energy.</li><li>Salazar (also 'Shopped in**) is expecting rain indoors. Don't cowboys <em>ever</em> take off their hats?</li><li>Donovan has his coat and scarf on. Must be in a rush to another subprime closing.</li><li>Gates to off-camera shoot assistant: "I'm supposed to make a stand where? Here?" X marks the spot, Mr. Secretary.</li><li>Clinton is looking left, but is a lot further to the right than we hoped. Is she on Gate's X?</li><li>Background Stand strongly supports the Green Revolution, and is the only corporate type getting any real work done.</li></ul>Go Team O, <b><i>Go</i></b>! *Compare details on the left and right edges of slideshow images 2, 3, and 4. **Several other people (Napolitano/Geithner, Rice, Donovan, Gates, Clinton) look like they've been added too, but Chu and Salazar are the most obvious drop-ins. Liebovitz the Rest

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It looks like VF’s editors were also in a hurry: examine this stitched-together lineup* of Cabinet O in images 2, 3, and 4 of the Enter Obama slideshow:
  • Daschle (sans rose colored glasses) is now an unperson. Out of the frame, please, and do not speak of him.
  • Shinseki, back turned, is ready to about-face and march off stage.
  • LaHood is fading into the infrastructure.
  • Solis looks anxious to get back to hard labor on a full desk.
  • Vilsack is thinking twice about his new job’s salary cut.
  • Napolitano is the friendliest-looking Homeland Security chief we’ve ever had. Watch out.
  • Geithner: “The Dow Jones is at what?” And what’s with the purple tie: didn’t he get the pre-shoot memo?
  • Holder — perhaps pre-confirmation here — still looks a little restrained.
  • Duncan’s hopefully rolling up his sleeves to administer a little school discipline.
  • Rice — no, not that one — is so eager that she’s missed her mark. That will change.
  • Chu (shot separately under different lights and poorly Photoshopped in) is trying to refocus his energy.
  • Salazar (also ‘Shopped in**) is expecting rain indoors. Don’t cowboys ever take off their hats?
  • Donovan has his coat and scarf on. Must be in a rush to another subprime closing.
  • Gates to off-camera shoot assistant: “I’m supposed to make a stand where? Here?” X marks the spot, Mr. Secretary.
  • Clinton is looking left, but is a lot further to the right than we hoped. Is she on Gate’s X?
  • Background Stand strongly supports the Green Revolution, and is the only corporate type getting any real work done.

Go Team O, Go!
*Compare details on the left and right edges of slideshow images 2, 3, and 4.
**Several other people (Napolitano/Geithner, Rice, Donovan, Gates, Clinton) look like they’ve been added too, but Chu and Salazar are the most obvious drop-ins.

]]> By: cenoxo http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87781 cenoxo Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:32:23 +0000 http://bnn.weightshift.com/2009/02/leibovitz-the-pest-among-other-things/#comment-87781 <img src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8311/annieleibovitzsontagvk7.gif"> (Image by long-time partner Susan Sontag) The life and work of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz" rel="nofollow">Annie Leibovitz</a> — whose images are no newcomers to the pages of BAGnewNotes — are profiled in the documentary <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/episode/annie_leibovitz.shtml" rel="nofollow"><i>Imagine — Annie Liebovitz: Life Through a Lens</i></a>, directed by her sister Barbara. You can see the BBC version on YouTube: here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd4LGFTkN1I" rel="nofollow">Part 1</a> (see sidebar for Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6).
(Image by long-time partner Susan Sontag)
The life and work of Annie Leibovitz — whose images are no newcomers to the pages of BAGnewNotes — are profiled in the documentary Imagine — Annie Liebovitz: Life Through a Lens, directed by her sister Barbara. You can see the BBC version on YouTube: here’s Part 1 (see sidebar for Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6).

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