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Culture
Michelle Obama’s Portrait Isn’t a Photograph. Get Over It
Likeness
Two portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday to howls of disapproval over likeness and setting. We shouldn't judge a portrait as if it were a photograph.
Tim Teeman
Senior Editor and Writer
Published
Feb. 12 2018
4:17PM EST
opinion
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Tim Teeman
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