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Portrait of Melania Trump

I don't see a problem. I imagine if this was Hillary Clinton with the exact same pose, you wouldn't spend 2 seconds discussing how horrible it is.

It's obvious, isn't it? :lol:
 
I do this for a living, and my personal feeling is that the portrait "needed more time to cook." What Melania is giving off here is a very familiar kind of stiffness and discomfort that comes with having just started the photography process. A really good photo shoot goes on for at least three hours, and only is it near the end that the subject starts to relax around the photographer and come across as more natural. It feels to me like the photographer maybe had a half hour with her.
On a more personal aesthetic level, I'm not a big fan of the "body growing out of the middle of the canvas" compositional method.


Thoughts?


First Lady Melania Trump Gets Her First Official Portrait : NPR

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It looks like the work of a 90s photo studio. As a model, she deserved better and she probably knows it. I can't imagine her actually thinking that this is the best a photographer for the the WH could do. I would have gone with a photograph of her in a recognizable part of the WH. I was talking to a friend of mine about the new photography we're seeing out of the Trumps. If Obama ushered in tech-savvy presidents, Trump brought in the instagram and twitter crowds.

The important captures I've so far seen associated with Trump are by 3rd parties and not actual WH photographers. That doesn't speak too well of the WH as a whole when people with cellphones are taking the important pictures and not the guy who can stand 10 feet away from the president on the daily.
 
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I think it is beautiful. It reminds me of those glamor shots of long ago. She is a beautiful woman. And, since you are claiming critical expertise, how about posting a couple of your shots?

As long as I can use the same airbrush and photoshop person that Melania used. ;)

But really, I agree she is a beautiful woman.
 
Her face looks catlike. Her eyes are angled up, even though she isn't smiling. Sorry, but that's a textbook feral look.

Catlike, huh? More like bad plastic surgery making it look like her eyes are being pulled into her ears...
 
As long as I can use the same airbrush and photoshop person that Melania used. ;)

But really, I agree she is a beautiful woman.

I think a better photo could be done. She is an absolutely fantastic looking person, and I do not think the photo does her justice, nor does it give a good vibe for "I am the first lady of the most powerful nation on earth".
 
No, because everyone would know it was horrible, regardless of how it was done. :)

Beyond the fact that she's married to Donald Trump, I know literally nothing about her. The woman is a complete enigma to me. She could be Satan in human form or Ghandi reborn. I don't know. I'm dealing with the artistic merit of the portrait and nothing more.

Everybody here needs to chill.
 
Catlike, huh? More like bad plastic surgery making it look like her eyes are being pulled into her ears...

Or like an elf....like, middle earth style.



Maybe.....check her ears?
 
I think it is beautiful. It reminds me of those glamor shots of long ago. She is a beautiful woman. And, since you are claiming critical expertise, how about posting a couple of your shots?

Me too, Maggie. Melania is a flawless beauty and from what little I know of her, she is just as beautiful on the inside as on the outside.
 
I think it is beautiful. It reminds me of those glamor shots of long ago. She is a beautiful woman. And, since you are claiming critical expertise, how about posting a couple of your shots?

I had Glamour Shots back in the day.
 
I still can't get it it of my mind -- that for the first time in any American's life


We saw the the First Lady's titties.

And ass.

All nekkid. And everything.
 
I still can't get it it of my mind -- that for the first time in any American's life


We saw the the First Lady's titties.

And ass.

All nekkid. And everything.

I know right!

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I still can't get it it of my mind -- that for the first time in any American's life


We saw the the First Lady's titties.

And ass.

All nekkid. And everything.

And making out with another woman!
 
Beyond the fact that she's married to Donald Trump, I know literally nothing about her. The woman is a complete enigma to me. She could be Satan in human form or Ghandi reborn. I don't know. I'm dealing with the artistic merit of the portrait and nothing more.

Everybody here needs to chill.

It was just a crappy joke about Hillary.
I wasn't upset.
 
It's weird... that's for sure.

Weird how? Do you think it's inappropriate for a First Lady to have done those things? Do you think she's still worthy of having the title even though we've seen her naked?
 
I think it is beautiful. It reminds me of those glamor shots of long ago. She is a beautiful woman. And, since you are claiming critical expertise, how about posting a couple of your shots?

The pose, demeaner, stance, all of it I think shows a beautiful but strong woman with her own mind, courage, and purpose in life. She did not want a glamour shot or one overly staged for this photo. She wanted a "I am woman, hear me roar" photo and I think that is what she got.

Melania is 44 years old or at least in that neighborhood and of course has plenty of money and probably time to look terrific and she does. But there will be those who will nit pick her to pieces no matter what she says, her demeanor, or whatever they can find or manufacture to do that.

She saYS she has not had cosmetic surgery but of course there is all kinds of rumors about that. Here are supposedly her before and after photos re cosmetic surgery. IMO if she did it was not more than a stitch or two.

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Weird how? Do you think it's inappropriate for a First Lady to have done those things? Do you think she's still worthy of having the title even though we've seen her naked?

IMO, the only thing that makes her unqualified to be a first lady is the person who she is married to.
 
I'm not a fan of criticizing the looks of women who happen to be in the public eye because of who they married, or what their job is... unless, of course, said female is currently pursuing a career based upon said appearance.

Melania is a beautiful woman. Period.
 
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