Monday, August 1, 2011

Caricatures

The concept of a caricature is very interesting. By changing the reality or presenting it in a more grotesque view, one is exposing the aspect of the reality that would otherwise be unseen from a more "realistic" picture or photograph.

A few caricatures of the politicians from Russian caricaturist, Denis Lopatin.

Fidel Castro and Che Guevara:



American version of the above:



Russian President Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister and ex- and future President, Putin:



Leaders of post-revolutionary Russia (the titles say: "bald-hairy-bald-hairy-bald-hairy"... the leaders are: Lenin, Stalin, Khruschev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, Medvedev, Putin, Medvedev, Putin, Medvedev):



Putin and Medvedev, again:



Two socialists and a Churchill:



Dennis himself:

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