"Why Time's Trump Cover is a Subversive Work of Political Art"

 

This article is from a left-leaning website that was shared by one of my more liberal facebook friends.  It explores many images in the photo, and expounds on the possible symbolism of each.  A seated Hitler Time cover shows up at the end as a comparison

 

 

Fstopper's article on the comparison

 

This article examines the photograph from the perspective of an artist photographer, and is pretty damn interesting.  One important note on this one is that the Hitler portrait that is raised in this controversy is actually NOT Hitler's 1938 Man of the Year cover, but the same one from 1941 that the "Forward" article references.

 

While in both portraits the subject sort of recedes into the frame, and both subjects are seated, I'll hold that the resemblance between the 2 photos is coincidental, and it's possible that the photographer (Nadav Kander) had never seen the 1941 portrait (and it's a portrait, not a photograph).  As the article states, the interwebs seem to be divided on the subject.

 

Make up your own mind, and I won't be able to argue your feelings on the matter.  It's really in the eye of the beholder.  But check out both articles.

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