Sentinel Photography

The Carlisle Sentinel's note about the Cumberland County Republicans' Lincoln dinner contains a stunning photograph by Jason Malmont of the Carlisle Sentinel, and the caption really brings home the irony of the scene:

Cumberland County commissioner candidate Karen Gunnison, right, talks to Mechanicsburg mayor Jack C. Ritter, left, and former county commissioner Nancy Besch of Camp Hill.

Really? Can you spot a conversation happening anywhere among these three people? It's like an M.C. Escher drawing - none of the three is really making eye contact with anyone else. None of the three is even speaking. This is real art here - Mr. Malmont's snapshot beautifully captures the awkwardness and boredom that dominate these kinds of functions.