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Photo Journalism Propaganda Is An Art.

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 65 Comments › )
Filed under Politics, Progressives at November 12th, 2018 - 12:05 am

Same as it ever was.

[Update: That collection was compiled by my blog buddy Digger Phil.]

Compare & Contrast – Photo Trickery

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 9 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Media, OOT at March 18th, 2014 - 11:00 pm

We may have posted this previously but so what. We’re making a point here.

All About The Angle

Recently Barack Obama was photographed in preparation to awarding medals to some overlooked heroes of WWII. All well and good in principle, but let’s compare reality vs. propaganda. Here’s a posed photo of the POTUS in the Oval Office:

Obama Awards 24 Medals Of Honor For Valor During WWII, Korean And Vietnam Wars
Note the slightly skewed angle and the higher than average camera elevation. Note the wide-angle lens distortion. Mr. Obama looks tall and imposing, almost Putin-like, да? Once we remove the distortion of the propagandacam, the reality is much different:Oval Office 2
Note that in the 2nd image Obama isn’t nearly as tall, nor is he as wide as the Getty Image above would have you believe. The only difference between the two is that we squared up the door and wallpaper. (We can’t adjust for the height of the camera. It happens to be at Obama’s eyeline, and makes him appear to tower over the others in the picture.)

Subtle, yet obvious once pointed out, just like The Overnight Open Thread.

High Fives All Around

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 69 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Humor, Music, OOT, Open thread, World at May 19th, 2012 - 11:00 pm


My aren’t they clever. I mean, how could so many people come up with the same visual pun simultaneously, day after day? Wish I’d thought of it. On the other hand, this guy stepped it up a notch and put it to music:


Vid found here via here, top image from here, and HERE is
The Overnight Open Thread.

*JDL Canada* Program – Faye Schulman, Holocaust Survivor – Mon. Feb. 27, 2012 @ 7:30 pm Toronto

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Filed under Canada, Headlines, History, Holocaust, Judaism at February 23rd, 2012 - 9:53 pm

JDL is proud to announce an evening with Faye Schulman

Please join us for an evening with Faye Schulman, the only known Jewish photographer to capture on film the Jewish Partisan resistance during the Holocaust.

Now at the age of 93, Faye will recount her time in the resistance and her experiences during the Holocaust.

“It is important for young Jews to know that there was a resistance and Jews did not go like lambs to the slaughter. Jews resisted-we fought back!”

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012 7:30 PM

The Toronto Zionist Centre

788 Marlee Avenue, Toronto, M6B 3K1

(SW corner: Marlee Ave. and Lawrence Ave.)

Please call or email to reserve your seats in advance:

(416) 736-7000 or jdl@jdl-canada.com

Printable flyer is here (PDF).