I bet you pulled a face of puzzlement on Thursday too, when you saw Vladimir Putin on the cover of the Times with a baby and a lady with curlers. I mean, how inexplicable!
But it made me click. I was not less confused when I read the headline:
“Economy is Subject as Putin is Peppered“
See? :
Is a photo editor getting loopy on 4pm cheesy poofs and going nuts in the Getty grid?
I clicked again to see it bigger.
Putin’s face really is something to behold. Nice catch, Alexander Nemenov. What does this image say about Putin’s public? Adoring?
Oblivious?
And what does it say about the Times?
It smells like a Russian riddle to me.
Is that Sarah Palin? Maybe she was right when she said she could see Russia from Alaska?
it does kind of look like tina fey, doing sarah palin, doing a housewife impression… very weird!
It’s art. It says a lot, so: great photo.
Now this is photography as I like it.
I’m guessing this is a composite image created in Photoshop. The image of Putin looks a little suspicious.
Over at Getty images, Alexander doesn’t have this image listed (http://tinyurl.com/5pty8b).