The subtle messages in Emmanuel Macron’s official portrait

France unveiled the official portrait of its new president, Emmanuel Macron, on Thursday. It's a seemingly simple photograph — Macron standing in his office at the Elysee Palace in Paris — taken by 35-year-old Soazig de la Moissonnière, who has been with Macron since his presidential campaign. Yet, as with most such portraits, there is a lot of symbolism […]

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