Rocky Macron gets his fists in the photo – Libération

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The President of the Republic photographed, his muscular arms and face tense with effort, boxing? This virilist visual, neo-populist tendency, while Macron appears more and more war-mongering, is a rather dismaying communication choice.

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We first believed it to be a facetious photo generated by an AI, as there are many circulating on social networks. In other words, the work of a teasing Internet user. We would have preferred that to be the case. Nay! It is indeed Emmanuel Macron’s official photographer, Soazig de la Moissonnière, who published this Wednesday March 20 on her Instagram account, with the agreement of the person concerned and perhaps even at his request, two photos in black and white of our President in the middle of boxing training, his muscles tight and his face angry as he hits a punching bag. Strength, vigor and power emerge from this image or rather from this cliché. Be careful, Rocky Macron is a guy, a real one.

Normally, there would already be a lot to say regarding this virilist visual, neo-populist trend, but while week following week, Macron appears