Bernie Sanders' mittens
You might remember it as Bernie sitting, Bernie at the inauguration
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A man sitting slightly apart in big mittens, cut out and pasted into everything.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Bernie sitting
- Spread in
- 2021
- Began as
- A photograph
- Format
- Photograph
- Made by
- Photographed by Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse
- Who or what it shows
- Bernie Sanders, in mittens made by Jen Ellis, a Vermont schoolteacher
- Recorded
- At the inauguration of Joe Biden, on 20 January 2021
- Origin
- Not an upload originally
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
Brendan Smialowski photographed Bernie Sanders at the inauguration on 20 January 2021, arms folded, masked, in mittens a Vermont schoolteacher had made from recycled wool. Within a day he had been cut out and placed on the moon, on the subway, in Renaissance paintings. Sanders sold the sweatshirt and gave at least $1.8 million to charity.
Why it matteredWhat changed
A photograph of a senator sitting apart from others, in mittens, at a presidential inauguration was pasted into historical photographs and film scenes. He put it on a sweatshirt and raised at least 1.8 million dollars for charity.
What it createdWhat came out of it
- Altered versions put him into historical photographs and film scenes, and a website placed him in any street on Google Street View.1
More from hereIn this collection
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
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Where it came fromWhat we know
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