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File:Vexi Salmi.jpg, featured
[edit]Voting period ends on 30 Jun 2009 at 09:01:44
- Info created and uploaded by Teemu Rajala - nominated by User:Samulili. I find it hard to explain the greatness of this image but I will try my best... This man, Vexi Salmi, is one of the most popular, if not the most popular, lyricist in Finnish music. His lyrics have spoken to millions of Finns through platinum selling artists such as en:Irwin Goodman, en:Jari Sillanpää, en:Katri Helena etc. He does not write music for the younger generation but rather to the baby boomers of his age, the rural generation urbanized in the 70s, dancing their waltz and en:Finnish tango. His lyrics are not only of love but also of social phenomena and critical en:double entendre. In this picture he is shown against the rural background (forest) leaning against a pine. His habitus and expression tell of a personality who amicably casts his critical gaze on the things he sees happening around him (cf.). More than that, and what makes the image even better, is that you could label the image "the Finnish middle-aged man", so archetypal he looks in his gray suit. I have never been able to judge the technical quality of any image professionally (althought this looks very good) but the greatness of this image lies not in its technical achievements but the cultural connotations is captures. Samulili (talk) 09:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support -- Samulili (talk) 09:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support Excellent portrait. I added a Personality rights warning to the image page. Maedin\talk 09:23, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support A really good photo --kaʁstn 10:34, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support, very good! --Aqwis (talk) 14:13, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support, such good portraits of living people are rare here. --che 17:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support Nice portrait. —kallerna™ 17:45, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support --Brackenheim (talk) 18:46, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support Roquai (talk) 19:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support Very good! →Diti the penguin — 19:38, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support --Claus (talk) 12:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support — Booksworm (talk) 17:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support outstanding --ianaré (talk) 03:39, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose -- RBID (talk) 07:39, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- you should give a reason for opposing --ianaré (talk) 18:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support -- Simpledot (talk) 07:09, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support Albertus teolog (talk) 13:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
- Support Nice info. --Estrilda (talk) 20:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Maedin\talk 11:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)