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Eman: Why Are Mug Shots So Bad?

Eman: Which brings me to the photo’s used for cats like wayne and honestly almost all the political mug shots. If that’s the best one of wayne then OK so be it but wow. Look at the one for Adams, scarry. Goodlander? yikes. The mayor’s looks pretty good but clearly takes pains to make it nice. Gookin’s ? yikes. (Former Kootenai County commissioner Rick) Currie, pictured, looked like a little rabbit in his. Who else? Question is, why? Why are those photos so bad?

Question: Do you agree with Eman that mug shots used by political figures are uniformly bad?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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