Lipstick on an Administration: Reading Eric Draper’s “Front Row Seat” Photos of George W. Bush

Lipstick on an Administration: Reading Eric Draper’s “Front Row Seat” Photos of George W. Bush – Reading The Pictures

What’s more interesting about the retrospective photos of Bush by Eric Draper is how defensive they are.

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What’s more interesting about the edit than anything is how defensive it is. In other words, it feels like it’s specifically designed to counter and re-frame Bush’s considerable faults and mistakes. Take the absolutely stunning photo of Bush flying over the smoldering World Trade Center site, for example