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Obama’s Speculative Photo Op

AFP It was, as usual, a carefully choreographed photo op: at an event hosted by LinkedIn, Barrack Obama promoted his $447 Billion jobs package that shall but Americans back to work. The current jobless rate of 9.1 percent is an extremely worrying figure that will likely define the upcoming elections. It therefore made sense to…

September 27, 2011 in Ideology, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics.

Photography, Social Media and the Uprising in Egypt

This is a screenshot from a Facebook user based in Cairo where, at the moment the screenshot was taken, a popular uprising is taking place. In order to protect the identity of the user, I blacked out their names and personal details. Consistent with various different Egyptian Facebook users, the profile photograph has been changed…

January 27, 2011 in Ideology, Photography, Politics, Vernacularism.
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