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Will somebody please leave this poor woman alone?
Granted, there are only so many ways photographers can show a stock market in decline. Still, couldn't the folks at Getty Images leave this poor German trader alone and find someone else to use as a stand-in for an entire continent's economic fears?
Here she is earlier today, a terse, worried look on her face as Germany's DAX Index plunges to its lowest point since July 2006:
Here she was on Sept. 30 as the DAX crossed below 6,000 points:
Here she was looking cautiously optimistic on Sept. 19 as the Dax rose on news of the Wall St. bailout:
And here she was pursing her lips disapprovingly on a particularly grim Sept. 16, in a photo that made the front page of the Financial Times:
I bet she wishes she can go back to the days of Sept. 15, when she could do her job in relative obscurity:
UPDATE: The woman's name is Simone Wallmeyer. The Independent interviewed her Friday. "I'm afraid I get photographed because of the board rather than me," she told the paper.
(Thanks to a sharp-eyed Passport reader for the name.)













Reading the title I though
Reading the title I though you were speaking about Palin ;)
Here's one more.
http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEwyz_pna0jE&refer=home
Trader Simone Wallmeyer works at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt on Oct. 6, 2008. Photographer: Hannelore Foerster/Bloomberg News
She looks thoughtful and
She looks thoughtful and concerned. She looks credible and intelligent. What's not to like
Perhaps she's enjoying the limelight. Perhaps, she even is notified of the pictures and poses -- just a little bit -- or even brushes her hair or something.
Don't assume she's got a problem with these pics.