James Fallows

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News as art

30 Apr 2009 02:18 pm

From my misspent years in DC, I believe I can identify every person in this photo (just now, from Doug Mills of the NYT):

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But why didn't I take more Fine Arts classes in college? Then I would know exactly which Old Master tableau this lineup so powerfully reminds me of. The human dramas suggested by these faces. This is an impromptu work of art.