A fan perfectly deconstructs Christopher Anderson’s incisive MAGA photos

185 points lazydictionary

There's no deconstruction? They just talk with a little more detail about the pictures.

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34 points Petrichordates

That's what deconstruction is, it just means analyzing something.

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42 points Helmet_Juice

'Analyse' and 'deconstruct' aren't synonymous.

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24 points redditonlygetsworse

But they're pretty close in this context:

to examine (something, such as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deconstruct

the analytic examination of something (such as a theory) often in order to reveal its inadequacy

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deconstruction

The linked post talks about different aspects of the photography: the lighting, the poses, the framing - they are being deconstructed into these different aspects in order to discuss and analyze them.

I'm a bit baffled that you're objecting to the usage in this title, unless you haven't encountered much art and literature analysis before.

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12 points bigrubberduck

But they are?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deconstruct

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analyze

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9 points Petrichordates

They literally are lol, deconstruct is just usually deeper while analyze is a very general term.

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0 points glubhuff

Who the fuck gave you upvotes for this factually incorrect statement?

Guys, this might be someone boosting their own comments with alts.

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4 points redditonlygetsworse

Guys, this might be someone boosting their own comments with alts.

No, it's just dipshits.

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12 points dtwhitecp

typically with that term I would expect someone to go piece by piece in the photo and explain something about it, which they did not do

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1 points Secret-Edge9173

That is extremely not true.

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100 points Atoning_Unifex

This post sucks. The description isn't really accurate. There are no pictures included or even linked. And then the only link provided is to a post containing only ONE of the pictures.

Judgement: FAIL

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5 points redditonlygetsworse

And then the only link provided is to a post containing only ONE of the pictures.

This is a major news story today. It's not hard to google some more examples from the Vanity Fair piece.

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-13 points macrofinite

So it’s your judgment that it is the commentor’s fault that OOP did not link more than one of the photos they are talking about?

In a national publication, whose name is given, and you could look up if you care to see more?

Wild.

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8 points Atoning_Unifex

Where did I blame the commentor? I never said shit about that.

Wild

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60 points Open5esames

https://archive.is/fpHf9 Part 1

https://archive.is/ULels Part 2

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46 points Open5esames

It seems like he took a special dislike to JD Vance and Karoline Leavitt.

Adding: These are wildly unflattering photos. The more you look, the worse they get. Harsh lighting, shadows that emphasize Miller's weird face and bulging stomach (and he's not even chubby standing up), look at the pores and patchy skin and chapped lips on all those close ups, the wild eyes....

The statue of trump that is shown as tiny and ineffectual. The prominent photo of putin, like a photo of a crush.

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38 points bristlybits

frankly who wouldn't

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the headshot of Miller looks like any photograph of a Nazi in an old history book. i flinched. amazing photography

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7 points one_among_the_fence

I think that's on purpose, there's a comparison photo of Miller and Goebbels going around that shows how remarkably similar the photos are.

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9 points explicitlarynx

I'm in awe. This is brilliant.

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6 points Ghostspider1989

Funnily enough the photo of Stephen Miller works surprisingly well but unfortunately not in his favor.

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4 points potluck-soup

These are incredible. Everything about them make the subjects look absolutely unhinged and sloppy.

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4 points jellicle_cat21

Truly love how soul deep Marco Rubio's depression appears to be, based on that profile photo.

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4 points Open5esames

There was a meme going around for awhile that was "Marco Rubio living his best life " along with pictures of him looking terrible, exhausted, appalled... I loved it. Just knowing that he's not an actual MAGA believer, but a politician hoping to launch into the presidency... and he must realize that the closer he is to trump, the less political future he will have. But now its too late!

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23 points mortalcoil1

There was an article a while back involving 20 something MAGA's enjoying nightlife.

All of the pictures were garish and awful, clearly on purpose.

EDIT: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/inauguration-trump-supporters-conservative-movement-post-maga.html

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18 points bristlybits

they just are though. you can't take good photographs without capturing who the people actually are and the tacky crap they've surrounded themselves with

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4 points SteelyDan4Prez

Honestly when I saw the VF article I thought it was the same photographer

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15 points Vortesian

What pictures tho?

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18 points TweakedNipple

This is the source post, one pic from I believe a series in a "vanity fair" article. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1po5iy2/comment/nugc6m4/

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7 points 123123x

That pic is so gross.

Need more.

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4 points tekvenus

IDK why anybody is at all shocked he took photos of politicos that weren't flattering. He put out an entire book of similar pictures of politicos in 2013 called Stump. If the White House is pissed off, it's because they didn't do their homework again. Not everyone is gonna compromise their work for them or kiss their asses.

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1 points blolfighter

Maybe we can get Stephen Colbert invited to the white house correspondents dinner again.

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