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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Images that make the opposite point of the article they're dressing up, part deux

Here's another illustration from the same article on presence I referenced in my previous post. The woman here looks like she's a job seeker meeting two potential employers for the first time.


Aside from the fact that these figures are horribly drawn (or traced) and everybody looks crazy, there's the problem of what they're doing to the woman physically. They're much taller than she is. Are they on a platform, or is she just really short? It's clear that they have all the power. They have ties, loose fitting suits and semi-hip hair cuts, but she doesn't get a even a smidgeon of makeup or jewelry. Her plunging neckline hints at vulnerability.

She seems to be a lefty. No problem with that of course, but here the left-handedness creates a sense that she's somehow helpless. She doesn't look like she strode up to the guys and extended her hand to them. She looks like she's sinking and faltering after having just given blood, and the dude with boths hands on her appears to be yanking her forward. Is he a doctor? If not, there's no excuse for all that handsy action on a woman he's just met.

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