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Melania Trump’s Official Portrait Photographer Says Her Shot Captures First Lady’s “Kindness”

Newly reinstated first lady Melania Trump is back in the White House, and if her latest official portrait, released Monday afternoon by the White House, is anything to go by, this time, she means business.
In the black and white image from Belgian photographer Régine Mahaux, who also took Melania’s portrait the first time around, the former model wears a tuxedo and cummerbund with a crisp white shirt, all designed by Dolce & Gabbana, inside the White House’s Yellow Oval Room in its […]
Melania Trump’s Official Portrait Photographer Says Her Shot Captures First Lady’s “Kindness”

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Melania Trump’s White House Portrait Photographer Opens Up About Shoot and Career

While Melania Trump’s new official White House portrait is getting global attention — and in some cases criticism, its photographer Regine Mahaux has shared some insights about its subject and the shoot.
It was a double-click situation so to speak, since the fashion photographer also took Trump’s official White House portrait in 2017. On both occasions, the first lady opted for Dolce & Gabbana suits. Although this year’s choice was a wool tuxedo one with satin band lapels, and a […]
Melania Trump’s White House Portrait Photographer Opens Up About Shoot and Career

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Melania Trump's New Portrait Breaks With the Past – The New York Times

The official FLOTUS photograph has arrived, and it sends a different message from any that have come before.
The author has covered political image-making and its influences since Bush v. Gore, including Volodymyr Zelensky and his olive green T-shirt and the appearance (and reappearance) of the white pantsuit.
After the inaugural hat, the official portrait. Once again, Melania Trump is telegraphing to the world that we should not expect first lady business as usual. But perhaps we should expect […]
Melania Trump's New Portrait Breaks With the Past – The New York Times