--- title: Emmanuel Macron Photo Goes Viral in Photoshop Battle description: French President Emmanuel Macron's official portrait has launched a hilarious Photoshop battle canonical: https://time.com/4841379/emmanuel-macrons-photoshop-battle/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-30T16:30:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:04.100Z og:title: President Emmanuel Macron's Portrait Launched a Photoshop Battle og:description: People are having a hilarious time with this guy's pose and it's great og:url: https://time.com/4841379/emmanuel-macrons-photoshop-battle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8814f718b218192/6988d428cf40a808c1c48621/gettyimages-803295664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: EU Leaders Meet Before G20 Summit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Emmanuel Macron's Portrait Launched a Photoshop Battle twitter:description: People are having a hilarious time with this guy's pose and it's great twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8814f718b218192/6988d428cf40a808c1c48621/gettyimages-803295664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # French President Emmanuel Macron's Official Portrait Launched an Excellent Photoshop Battle > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 30, 2017 4:30 PM UTC  BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 29: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks a Press conference after a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery on June 29, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders are meeting head of the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg.on June 29, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 29: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks a Press conference after a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery on June 29, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders are meeting head of the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg.on June 29, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) Michele Tantussi—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 30, 2017 4:30 PM UTC So France’s President Emmanuel Macron was just trying to take his official portrait like a serious politician. Tall order Macron. The picture, posted Thursday, inevitably launched the internet’s latest Photoshop battle, offering endless entertainment. The newly elected Macron is a centrist whose victory was seen as a political revolution in France. Lately, he’s begun to [present himself as the anti-Donald Trump](http://time.com/4814715/emmanuel-macron-president-donald-trump-assembly/) on the world stage. He also just posted a photo that garnered 94,237 likes as of Friday morning. His official portrait had one key element — that power stance, which served as the perfect image to stick into iconic movie scenes and all manner of scenarios. It has united French Twitter users and a notable number of citizens of the internet. > [](https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/880374825784619008) French site Topito began the festivities. It was on. > [](https://twitter.com/topito%5Fcom/status/880378167768363008) There he was in king of the world mode in _Titanic_. > [](https://twitter.com/LeMendibilien/status/880380312055894016) And James Bond style. > [](https://twitter.com/IvreVirgule/status/880384765060317184) A comparison to a certain fake American president was drawn. > [](https://twitter.com/Keu20Figuier/status/880380850180902912) Someone took it YMCA territory. > [](https://twitter.com/IanMaddison/status/880408852021248003) Then the _Wall Street_ comparison happened. > [](https://twitter.com/TheTwittaumat/status/880738774866681856) And the more recent Wall street leader. > [](https://twitter.com/Naodann/status/880457305275420672) Ariel who? There’s only this guy who wants to be a part of your world. > [](https://twitter.com/cedubeton/status/880384469764538368) One user imagined what it might be like if he teamed up with Will Smith in _Men in Black_. He had it coming with the suit. > [](https://twitter.com/MaxBook59/status/880414878846132226) _Pulp Fiction_ style, ready for the royale with cheese. > [](https://twitter.com/Damienpetitbois/status/880434159503777792) He also graced the _Night at the Roxbury_ crew with his stately presence. > [](https://twitter.com/PietDessineux/status/880489324516605953) This has been Macron’s tour through American cinema. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4841379/emmanuel-macrons-photoshop-battle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4841379/emmanuel-macrons-photoshop-battle/"},"headline":"French President Emmanuel Macron's Official Portrait Launched an Excellent Photoshop Battle","datePublished":"2017-06-30T16:30:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:04.100Z","description":"French President Emmanuel Macron's official portrait has launched a hilarious Photoshop battle","url":"https://time.com/4841379/emmanuel-macrons-photoshop-battle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Comedy","viral","photography","Photoshop","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8814f718b218192/6988d428cf40a808c1c48621/gettyimages-803295664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8814f718b218192/6988d428cf40a808c1c48621/gettyimages-803295664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EU Leaders Meet Before G20 Summit","caption":"EU Leaders Meet Before G20 Summit","creditText":"Michele Tantussi—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4841379/emmanuel-macrons-photoshop-battle/","name":"French President Emmanuel Macron's Official Portrait Launched an Excellent Photoshop Battle"}}]}] ```