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Jill Greenberg – the manipulator

Every once in a while, you stumble upon something truly amazing whether it be a movie, a piece of music, a fantastic restaurant or a peach perfectly ripe.

That happens in photography as well, and it happened to me when I saw the work of Jill "the manipulator" Greenberg.

She's an american photographer who caught the medias attention when she did a portrait series of crying infants after George Bush was re-elected for his second period in office. The series was called Four more years and was her way of saying, screw you republicans - I'll make baby cries each time you win stuff. Yeah, I'm not sure that was the actual argument, but she made the babies cry genuinely (by having the parents offer candy and then take it away). Needless to say, America was outraged by this horrific act.

3 3/4 years later, the newspaper The Atlantic hired Jill Greenberg to portrait John McCain, the republican presidential candidate . Being the anti republican she is, she of course took advantage of the situation and did some interesting shots of the little knowing McCain. You can read the full story here or just take a look of some of the images shot of the dear old McCain:

Now that we've finished with the prologue, lets continue to what this should really be about - a great photographer and what we can learn from her.

After seeing her photos the first time, I rushed to youtube and searched for Jill Greeenberg + behind the scnes - I absolutely HAD to know how she made the portraits she did and how they were lit. And I managed to find some videos showing that, so if you have the time, lean back and take in what you can - I know I've done so a million time by now.