French Invasion: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

Holy matrimony, Batman pic.twitter.com/F7ZysLWiDV

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 24, 2018

Wish we could say it’s just cultural. https://t.co/CiOmlk5k4j

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 24, 2018

The visual news this week was dominated by the state visit of French President Macron and his wife, Brigitte. The Trumps went out of their way to play hosts, although it wasn’t easy. There is so much news these days and such high drama, we’re having trouble tracking, let along, visually looking at it all. That said, there were several important milestones and cultural markers this week. The pictures from “Korea” on Friday were historic, with Kim Jong Un demonstrating still more PR acumen in crossing the DMZ. The #MeToo movement informed the conviction of Bill Cosby, our tweet addressing the presence of absence. Women also claimed a victory with a new mom on the floor of the Senate. And, talking presence of absence, the photos from an attack in Toronto also sent the U.S. a powerful message.

(An update on the tree just below: we woke up on Sunday to see that it had disappeared!)

#Macron’s poetic gift (hearkening back to France, the Marines and WW1) exposes the #Trumps in the most organic way. How alien for Donald to plant, to grow—and to engage the #earth and #nature (not to mention, time and dirt) in its natural state. 📷@andyharnik@ap @nbcnews pic.twitter.com/rs6Uj0Ulyx

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 24, 2018

🎵 Come with me
And you’ll be
In a world of
Pure imagination pic.twitter.com/ydSyM41a2T

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 24, 2018

The Iran Handicap. https://t.co/rygAbXu2vQ

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 24, 2018

 

Having looked at thousands of Trump photos, editorial as well as artistic, the element that recurs most often is fragmentation. If well being is equated with consistency and wholeness—“having it together”—these depictions are anything but. 📷 @erinschaff @nytimes pic.twitter.com/0egHlDx4R9

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 25, 2018

 

As the Trumps flail and flutter while executing their first state visit, all the god-awfulness boils down to one simple word picture. Call it madcap. (Photos: Olivier Douliery) pic.twitter.com/2SMUW2GqGB

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 25, 2018

 

The length of the hug, then the following eye contact, felt powerfully earnest. What with the camera’s rolling, though (as with the words in his Jt. Congress speech), #Macron was sending a message. @repjohnlewis #civilrights https://t.co/JkJIyPibva pic.twitter.com/Fkm7gafkNv

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 26, 2018

 

#KimJongUn keeps bringing the visual mastery. The overwhelming sense of two kids in a sandbox. #reunificationdreams (Pool via @reuters) #KoreaSummit pic.twitter.com/p6mbOIrrpN

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 28, 2018

The fact there is no Cosby in so many #Cosby verdict photos says a lot about the outcome, and where we are now. #AndreaConstand #sexualabuse #woman #MeToomvmt 📷 @mark_makela @gettyimages pic.twitter.com/T4zLwQR5ia

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 26, 2018

 

Spotlighting Trump job criteria (in this case, slavish loyalty & looking the part), pix of embattled WH doc and proposed VA head #RonnyJackson’s Congress rounds looking ever more painful. @somogettynews pic.twitter.com/7V6Sat6WNk

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 25, 2018

Timely visual from the north: In textbook example, reformed #Toronto #police dept demonstrates how to detain domestic terror perpetrator without lethal force. #VanAttack https://t.co/9iqDSoLbiL #gunviolence pic.twitter.com/MyrazwibaA

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 25, 2018

 

I may have to vote today, so Maile’s outfit is prepped. I made sure she has a jacket so she doesn’t violate the Senate floor dress code (which requires blazers). I’m not sure what the policy is on duckling onesies, but I think we’re ready pic.twitter.com/SsNHEuSVnY

— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) April 19, 2018

Pitch perfect; appropriately gendered. https://t.co/q7EMQorULf

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 20, 2018

At least one president can make the First Lady smile. pic.twitter.com/6MTAd6Fsgy

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) April 21, 2018

Emotional bandwidth. https://t.co/TZN4yaRW1t

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 21, 2018

 

LOOK: A stunning image of just how many teachers are marching to the Arizona State Capitol. #RedForEd pic.twitter.com/1KygktI99N

— Matt Rodewald FOX 10 (@Matt_Fox10) April 26, 2018

Ed. blood stream. https://t.co/aAKt9kFv5h

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 26, 2018

 

This is like a painting from the Renaissance. pic.twitter.com/nhmxYxD0vC

— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) April 22, 2018

Underneath the comparison: NBA basketball (especially come playoff time) as art and religion, plus the primary spectrum. https://t.co/51slthw3QS

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) April 23, 2018

Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Caption: French President Emmanuel Macron kisses the hand of his wife, French first lady Brigitte Macron, as they are welcomed by U.S President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady Melania Trump during a state visit arrival ceremony at the White House April 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is hosting Macron for a two-day official state visit that includes dinner at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a tree planting on the White House South Lawn and a joint news conference.