President Bush and President Saakashvili raise joined, 2005 US photograph: Two men in dark suits stand shoulder to shoulder

President Bush and President Saakashvili raise joined hands before the crowd, Freedom Square (Tbilisi, 10 May 2005)

Two men in dark suits stand shoulder to shoulder under a bright sky, smiling, with their near hands clasped and raised overhead; a woman's head is visible at the lower left edge. The tell is the staged victory gesture, a raised joined-hands pose usually seen at campaign rallies, which presents a US president and a Georgian president as one team before a crowd.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

Transfer

Date: May 10, 2005
Period: Contemporary
Made by: White House Photography Office (George W. Bush administration)

Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Theme, Source, Rights

Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Photograph
Issuer type: State
Regime: George W. Bush Administration
Leader: George W. Bush
Audience: Mixed
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: Elections and party politics
Regime: George W. Bush administration
Leader: George W. Bush
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Wikimedia Commons (White House Photography Office via George W. Bush Presidential Center and DPLA), retrieved October 11, 2026
Rights: Public domain (US federal government work, White House Photography Office; per the Wikimedia Commons file page)
White House Photography Office, George W. Bush Presidential Center, via the Digital Public Library of America and Wikimedia Commons; public domain.