Richard's Notes

Portraits of Power

Monday, November 30th, 2009

A nice New Yorker collection of 50 portraits of world leaders with audio commentary by New Yorker photographer Platon.

Posted in People, Photographers, Politics | Tags: | 5 Comments

Posted on 01 Dec 2009 at 10:51 AM1sheryl

Wow.

These are astonishing for many reasons, not the least of which is how few of them I knew.

There is a whole world out there! We are so insulated!
Posted on 01 Dec 2009 at 11:19 AM2Jonne Naarala

It was nice to see also President Tarja Halonen there! Thanks for the link.
Posted on 01 Dec 2009 at 11:52 AM3Richard

True enough sheryl. Sort of like a modern geography quiz that makes us Americans feel like idiots.

Jonne: I would have had no idea who your guy was until you said something. Boy, are we ever sheltered over here.
Posted on 01 Dec 2009 at 12:01 PM4Jonne Naarala

Yep, Richard. And our guy is a woman.
Posted on 01 Dec 2009 at 12:03 PM5Richard

See, I have no clue!