charleswood

<p>For this series I find these the most helpful and clear explanations of how the photograph works as a composition, etc.</p>

<p>The best thing about a dog is that they do things that are soooo funny, I've laughed so hard about something a dog did that my stomach hurt.</p>

<p>As to staged: I believe Rockefeller was fairly widely hated in 1932, the photo, I take it, is from the middle of the Presidential campaign, and is just one example from a lot of other slick propaganda for the 'economic royalists' who had destroyed the economy of that day. The men are pictured as caricatures, are the men as the 'boss' saw them, contented and grateful just for having the 'gift' of work from a 'great man' in a 'great country', having their picture taken supposedly being the biggest thrill of their lives. They knew Rockefeller was nothing but a cheap crook. Everybody knew. The men were acting in a carefully staged event, as is made clear from the other shots that were in some of Alan's links. The real greatest thrill of these workmen's lives was to come just 6 months later when Roosevelt took office and started to do something that worked. Good choice Alan.</p>