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Richard Nixon meets Elvis Presley[edit]

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Original – December 21,1970: U.S. President Richard Nixon meets musician Elvis Presley in the Oval Office; Elvis was motivated to contact Nixon by his contempt for the hippie drug culture and support for Nixon's War on Drugs
Reason
This was nominated six years ago without consensus. I want to give it another shot. It is a high quality and iconic photograph of significant cultural and historical value. Features "two of the two greatest recording artists of the 20th century". *wink* (If Obama and McKayla can be featured, then why not this?)
Articles in which this image appears
Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Oliver F. Atkins, Elvis Meets Nixon
FP category for this image
People/political
Creator
Oliver F. Atkins
Alternative – cropped version
Comment -- Added a cropped version to the nom. JJARichardson (talk) 20:05, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Tighter! (Who cares about the flags? Here we have two famous faces ... or should I say, one infamous and one famous face?) Sca (talk) 16:32, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- Done. JJARichardson (talk) 18:40, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alternative — A nice, if gritty, juxtapositioning of two rather haunting historical / cultural figures known the world over. Sca (talk) 18:50, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original, oppose alt - The context is half the story. This is not "Tricky Dick went somewhere, saw Elvis". This is "Tricky Dick invited Elvis to the oval office" (if I recall the story, after Elvis said he wanted to work for Nixon...). That and the original is the most widely reproduced version. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment For 1970 I think it's a mediocre quality (fuzzy and black-'n'-white), Elvis deserves a color photo. Brandmeistertalk 09:37, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I have done an image search and found no decent colour version. JJARichardson (talk) 18:01, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It is grainy, but the subjects outweigh that. Still support cropped version, which remains identifiably White-House-ish. Sca (talk) 16:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either version for basic quality and historical meaning. I see Crisco's point, but that's a messy Oval Office. Problem with the cropped version is that the flags are a bit distracting; problem with the other is that the bookcase is distracting. Can't win 'em all, I suppose: both versions are important. Drmies (talk) 04:29, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I'm honestly not convinced of particularly high EV, here. Possibly in the film article, but it's hardly well-developed... J Milburn (talk) 21:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It is a great characterisation of the two significant people. The uncropped picture is well composed and gives real context, which the cropped version doesn't. The cropped version is badly composed because of the tightness of the cropping. I strongly oppose using the cropped version. Amandajm (talk) 04:43, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Hate the cutoff legs, but... y'know, both dead, can't retake... Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:01, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Elvis-nixon.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:40, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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