Some of those photos look photoshopped. In #10, his glasses are broken, whereas in others (14, 19) he looks very out of place. In many, his hat stand out particularly.
Why photoshop when you can stage?
On the Spot with Kim Jong-il
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#12Gotta love how the only photo where he is smiling is where he is holding a bottle of vodka :)
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bi...
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#13Gotta love how the only photo where he is smiling is where he is holding a bottle of vodka :) http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bi...
Explains why he wears shades even indoors?
Christopher Hitchens wrote an interesting piece on NK recently http://www.slate.com/id/2243112/pagenum/all/
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#14Lest we be too proud of our ability to detect the forced, artificial nature of these photographs, this link from the 'Big Picture' comment thread should be considered: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/02/obama_being_forced_to_l... (Our photo op rituals aren't that much better. US photographers show a lot more creativity in composition, though.)
That's an extremely superficial comparison.
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#15If you're looking for some more insight into this country, watch this video set over the weekend:
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-...
A real eye opener.
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#16"I see you have some cows here."
"Ah yes. Flour. Very good."
"Excellent work on this bucket. But why orange? Ha ha ha!"
"What is this, a fishery for ants?"
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#17Some of those photos look photoshopped. In #10, his glasses are broken, whereas in others (14, 19) he looks very out of place. In many, his hat stand out particularly.
Yeah, the cows look like they're smiling.
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#18I've always been fascinated by the pictures people manage to get out of North Korea. This Flickr account is home to an incredible collection of photos inside of Pyongyang http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/collections/7215760... and out in the country http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/collections/7215760...
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#19I posted this a few days ago but didn't get any attention: A Year in Pyongyang: The fascinating account of a British guy who spent a year in North Korea working as a literary reviser for their totalitarian government http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1178719 I've started reading the book since then and it really paints a full and seemingly realistic picture of N Korea.
Great link (though it should come with a procrastination warning...) I've just spent over an hour browsing through it. It's definitely a different perspective.
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