Image with Text - pre exercise.

As I worked towards this exercise, I at first scored the newspapers that my wife brought home whenever she managed to pick one up on the bus, I found little of interest in the stores and the images were invariably surrounded or interfered with by blocks of text tight and captions within the image itself.

I fell back to browsing the news via a tablet and examining the images produced for usable images.

I came across the following image and I could not remove myself from the interpretation of the image. Every time |I look at the image I start to peer closer and closer into the image examining and reading the image for subtext.

The caption I started with was "politicians meet to discuss future" or  "a meeting of minds"  However once I started to examine the image I started to notice certain elements within.

• The men are dining in a exclusive restaurant with fine tablecloths, silver flower decorations and low light giving an impression of not only exclusivity but privacy.

• Romney appears surprised and embarrassed almost as if her did not expect the press to be present and is surprised by the photographer. The tile of the image also helps in giving the image an almost paparazzi feel.

• Trump leans forward into the image, acknowledging the camera with a knowing expression as if had carefully stage managed the image and the photographer had jumped from a large cake.

• Both men are drinking water but there appears to be a bottle of wine chilling in the background.

Romney's starter is untouched and Trumps has been pushed away across the table and has been replaced with what appears to be a large breakfast bowl and a serving spoon.

The irony of the image is that Romney and Trump were both in contention for the same political party nomination for President and both men took to the press and to the internet to shame and deride one another. Now that the dust has settled, this image speaks to note that not only has Romney had to eat humble pie and crow but also his dignity in the chase for continued power, and this image shows that not only did Romney not expect the photo to be taken but he has been caught red handed "dealing with the devil"