"The article itself brought a massive amount of buzz, and Anderson's photos raised that to a nuclear level, with harsh lighting, unflinchingly close-ups of their faces, and posed photos that seemed clearly intended to communicate critical judgment of these people and the roles they were playing in Trump's second term. Many commentators were struck by the brutal detail of some of the photos, showing wrinkles, smeared makeup, stray hairs, and other facial skin imperfections."
"In an email exchange with Newsweek's Marni Rose McFall, Anderson emphasized the difference between commercial photography and political photojournalism. Style is for others to judge, said Anderson. My objective, when photographing the political world, is to make photographs that cut through the staged-managed image to reveal something more real and for the images to honestly portray the encounter that I"
On-the-record conversations with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, chief of staff Susie Wiles, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were included alongside Christopher Anderson's portraits. Anderson's photographs used harsh lighting, close-up framing, and posed compositions that emphasized facial details such as wrinkles, smeared makeup, stray hairs, enlarged pores, and apparent filler marks. Karoline Leavitt's portrait drew intense scrutiny for a ruddy orange nose, mascara settling into under-eye wrinkles, and larger-looking lips. The images prompted strong criticism from the right, and Anderson defended the images as political photojournalism intended to reveal more authentic encounters.
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