Photo Analysis

#1
Photo in the New York Daily News: Tuesday June 15, 2010

People	Objects	Activities
One man in all black with hat	American flag, tower, small piece of ship, looks like a speaker, clip board on railing	The man is looking around with binoculars, the flag is waving,
Two men, one has a white shirt, the other man is in all black with a hat	Another flag (red & white), tower, machinery on top of tower, green triangle on tower, another clip board on railing, white flag with black picture	One man is inside tower looking around with binoculars, the other is looking down below him, white flag is waving the other isn’t
Two men, one with green polo with white writing, slacks, tan hat with sunglasses on top, a watch, and he is smiling. The other man has a blue button up shirt, black pants, he is looking down,	Cement wall, orange raft, crane, ocean,  piece of rig	The men are walking away from the rig
Six men, most dressed business casual, one dressed as a worker. President Obama is smiling, one man is holding a bottle of water	Piece of a cement wall, bottom part of the tower from the rig	All man are walking away from the rig, they seem to have been talking, maybe a few are laughing

#2
Photo in the Washington Post Tuesday June 15, 2010

People	Objects	Activities
President Obama	Plants, something blue	Part of his face, he looks puzzled
President Obama	Books, plants, black table	He is looking down, seems to be worried
President Obama	Plaid shirt piece	His shirt is wrinkled like he is hunched over
President Obama	Plaid shirt piece	His lips are pressed into a hard line like he is thinking or upset

Reflection question (in 100 - 150 words): Which picture gives you more confidence in the presidents leadership abilities? Why?

Honestly, I do not think either of these pictures show that he has the ability to be a good leader. However, he does make a very good model. I believe the first photo was staged and someone attempted to make the President look like he cared. In the picture it appears as though he was laughing, given the state of things one would think that the president of our country would be trying to find a way to help with the crisis, not posing for pictures. In the second picture Obama looks bored and not interested. If I had to guess what was going on behind the scenes I would guess someone was telling him how “he” was going to address the problem. While, I don’t have a political view on many things, I think that these two pictures make him look a little disgraceful.