Whistle Stop Tour
by Deborah Klubertanz
Title
Whistle Stop Tour
Artist
Deborah Klubertanz
Medium
Digital Art - Medium
Description
A whistle stop or whistle-stop tour is a style of political campaigning where the politician makes a series of brief appearances or speeches at a number of small towns over a short period of time. Originally, whistle-stop appearances were made from the open platform of an observation car or a private railroad car.
In the 19th century, when travel by railroad was the most common means of traveling long distances over the vast expanses of land as in the United States politicians would charter tour trains which would travel from town to town. At each stop, the candidate would make a speech from the train, but might rarely set foot on the ground. "Whistle stop" campaign speeches would be made from the rear platform of a train.
I created this unique image of our most prominent presidents of all time. President Harry S. Truman, Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln. My background was a old steam engine I used to impose these presidents ghost images. My original image of the steam engine was worked in HDR to enhance and bring forth the steam flowing from the train. Lastly I created a patriotic border to further enhance this image.
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February 1st, 2014
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