Chancellor Olaf Scholz in November 2022 on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali with other government representatives during talks on the rocket impact in eastern Poland
Image: Federal Government
When government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit photographed Olaf Scholz during the G-20 summit in Bali, he thought he was witnessing a historic moment. But didn’t he create this moment through his photography? About a photo that belongs to the pictures of the year.
AEveryone’s looking at Olaf Scholz: That was the message of the photo from the G-20 summit in Bali, which was seen on the front pages of the major German newspapers on November 17th. It showed the German Chancellor at The Apurva Kempinski Bali hotel, in a gray suit and with his arms crossed in front of his body, looking down while the heads of state and ministers surrounding him focused their attention on him.
French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron looks Scholz straight in the face with raised eyebrows and frowning; Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is on the left, his hand on his half-open mouth, also on the German Chancellor. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, seen from behind in a chair, appears to be looking up at Scholz and Macron; US President Joe Biden, sitting right next to Scholz, looks straight ahead in a thinking pose, as does Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, further to the right in the picture, with his hands in his pockets and the only one in a light-colored suit, seems to be lost in thought .