"Scary immigrant" photo used by Vitter & Angle in ads is a photo of MEXICANS...taken IN MEXICO.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

A photograph that has appeared in two high-profile Republican campaign commercials, used in both cases to depict what some have called "scary" illegal immigrants, is actually a photo taken in Mexico, depicting three Mexican farmers whose crops were destroyed, a British photojournalist has revealed.

***

His image was first published in 2006, by the British edition of GQ magazine, in a story about a town in Mexico that claims an economy largely supported by an industry that promotes illegal immigration into the United States.

"The men I met that morning in the Altar town square told me that they were farmers from the far south of Mexico and that that season’s crop had failed, leaving them with nothing to sell and no option, they felt, but to make the journey north to America to seek work," the photographer wrote. "At the point that photograph was taken not one of them had ever set foot in America, and I have no idea if they ever did."

He added that Getty Images is looking into whether the Republican Party properly licensed the image for use in campaign advertisements.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/republicans-scary-immigrant-photo-depicts-mexicans-mexico-photographer-reveals/

[provis99]

1. Scary Immigrants in Arizona:

Canadian Snowbirds buying property all over Arizona, driving up housing costs.
Oh wait, they're white, so Arizonans like them.

[robinlynne]

2. I knew it was gonna be Getty. That is a professional lighting set up, not journalism.

It is not natural light. This is a set up shot. a difficult shot at that.

[LuckyLib]

3. The GOP has regularly "stolen" music for its own use. No doubt are doing the same with photos.

[felix_numinous]

4. Good, I am glad Vitter and Angle got busted

too bad the photo already had the desired effect already on the gullible ones.

It is a beautiful photograph, though.

[lame54]

5. But, I hear they are on their way...

:scared: