This week has been yet another interesting one in Australian politics. As Queensland looks to face a hung parliament – despite one of Australia’s largest swings in political history to the ALP – our Federal Government has come under increasing pressure, and with a party room meeting scheduled for next Tuesday sparring talk of a leadership spill, we ask how do images capture, and massage, the political pulse?
Politicians have long been the favoured subject of cartoonists. The photojournalist, similarly, has the ability to colour how we read a moment – a broken, confused, befuddled, or fragile expression defining the political tone.
