Foto di gruppo

Una galleria fotografica in cui tutti guardano l'obiettivo e si mettono in posa: ma i soggetti e le circostanze fanno una grande differenza

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: In this handout provided by the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pose with the full Cabinet for an official group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House, July 26, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Seated, from left, are: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Standing in the second row, from left, are: Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

Standing in the third row, from left, are: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeffrey D. Zients, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Alan Krueger, and Small Business Administrator Karen G. Mills. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy/The White House via Getty Images) — WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: In this handout provided by the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pose with the full Cabinet for an official group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House, July 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. Seated, from left, are: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Standing in the second row, from left, are: Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Standing in the third row, from left, are: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeffrey D. Zients, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Alan Krueger, and Small Business Administrator Karen G. Mills. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy/The White House via Getty Images)

Tutti abbiamo una foto di gruppo: a scuola, con la squadra sportiva, per una cerimonia religiosa. È un rito che ha le sue regole e le sue caratteristiche. Tutti guardano verso l’obiettivo e si mettono in posa, possibilmente sorridenti, e si può riconoscere che le regole, in questa galleria fotografica, sono rispettate sempre o quasi. Ma le circostanze e le persone ritratte – un gruppo di soldati yemeniti o i reali di Danimarca – creano una grande serie di variazioni sul tema. Viene da chiedersi a che cosa servano, davvero, le foto di gruppo: forse soprattutto a mostrare un’appartenenza o a sottolineare un ruolo. E ricordarseli.