Mirror, Mirror on the Wall - photo history of Bush's time in office (NYT)

[Muttocracy]

http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall/

[MADem]

1. From (frat) boy to (grumpy old) man.

I've seen most of those pics in the last eight years, but it was an interesting walk down memory lane.

That shoe-throwing pic is unusual--a real "action shot."

[Muttocracy]

3. yeah, I wouldn't have seen most of them before DU, but recognized many

it's neat to have them all together, and some of the circumstances with each.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. What a narcissistic fuck

I hate that waste of skin.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. This photo reminded me - thank you -

of how much I despise this spineless, moral-free waste of life:

[babylonsister]

5. Spineless and moral-free... who thought that was provacative when

he couldn't wait to get his own ass out of Iraq? Pathetic, especially after that AF1 show tonight.

[MADem]

7. I always thought Jenna looked like her mother, but I can see Jenna in that pic. NT

[Redstone]

6. That was amazingly thorough, and fascinating. Thanks for the link.

Redstone

[gristy]

8. Very interesting commentary on a large number of photos - most of which we are very familiar with

This one was after his farewell address to the nation

JIM BOURG: I was planning describe to and you had asked me to choose ten photographs, but to tell you the truth, I was pretty tempted to supplement it with one of the pictures by our photographer Jason Reed from last night’s farewell address. I was paging through the thumbnails with our remote editing program as they came in live from the White House. And it is not often, with all the pictures I’ve edited, that I stop dead in my tracks and say, “Oh, my God,” but I did that last night. Bush finished his address to the nation, went back out through the doors, and the doors closed behind him and the national TV broadcast went off the air. And then after the live TV was off, the doors suddenly reopened, and he came back in to say goodbye to all the guests – his former cabinet members, his current cabinet members, Dick Cheney, his daughters, Laura and lots of other friends and supporters. He popped out that door, and when the door opened and he came through it, the look on his face was like no look I’d ever seen on George Bush’s face in my life. I actually flagged three versions as he comes through the door and his expression changes.

[babylonsister]

9. Rec'd for the link, and the message. Thank you. nt

[Octafish]

10. What Oliver Wendell Holmes said.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., writing in 1859 (about 20 years after the first daguerreotypes appeared), called photography “a mirror with a memory.” <1> He writes,

“The man beholdeth himself in the glass and goeth his way, and straightway both the mirror and the mirrored forget what manner of man he was…”


Wow! Thank you, Muttocracy!

[Muttocracy]

11. pretty neat article - I skimmed it too fast and need to go back and read the text

when I'm more awake.

[WheelWalker]

12. Great find. Thank you!

:kick:

[Muttocracy]

13. you're welcome. nt