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1. thank you for this story from
Sun Dec 15, 2013, 10:00 PM
Dec 2013

Robert Schmidt,she.

The person who took the photo and rightfully not too happy that it has been used to try and portray something unseemly instead of nothing to bitch about.

From your link..

"I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you. I doubt anyone could have remained totally stony faced for the duration of the ceremony, while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium. For me, the behaviour of these leaders in snapping a selfie seems perfectly natural. I see nothing to complain about, and probably would have done the same in their place. The AFP team worked hard to display the reaction that South African people had for the passing of someone they consider as a father. We moved about 500 pictures, trying to portray their true feelings, and this seemingly trivial image seems to have eclipsed much of this collective work."

Sorry, Robert Schmidt.. that the US corporatemedia$$$ for ya.

Excellent presentation, she.. Mahalo~

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