It is not often I see the same picture used in two different papers. It might happen on the same day, but rarely weeks apart.
But here we have today's Wall Street Journal doing a story on the icy relationship between New York City's mayor William deBlasio and the state's governor, Mario Cuomo. The photo accompanying the photo is the same one commented on several postings ago, showing Bill and Mario playing "pass the salt" at The Al Smith dinner on November 10, with an unidentified woman between them. Who is she? Former mayor Mike Bloomberg's date?
Alas and alack. Today's edition doesn't tell us who she is either. This is rather astounding. That a perfectly coiffed woman with an "I'm-somebody-look" should remain identified. Again.
No alert readers came forward after the last posting with any help identifying her. I reached out to non-followers as well, people who I thought had sufficient about-town-chops who would surely know who she is. The best I got was that she looks familiar. And why wouldn't she? Her face keeps popping up in newspapers.
But all may not be lost. There is a credit alongside the right margin of today's photo in the WSJ. It tells us Julie Jacobson of AP was behind the lens. A clue.
A Twitter search yields a reliably identifiable Julie Jacobson. You know it's reliable: the profile tells us @jajacobson101 is an AP photographer. An answer may be forthcoming, but we might have to wait. The last posted Tweet from Ms. Jacobson account was November 24th. There's no telling where they might have sent an AP photographer since then. Nowhere near Wi-Fi, that's for sure.
Ms. Jacobson and the AP created some controversy and debate when an image she took several years ago of a wounded Marine in Afghanistan was sent to member newspapers by the AP. The Marine later died from his wounds, and it was thought that any photo of the wounding that lead to his death was not really suitable for wide distribution.
No such controversy exists here. It is ironic that the WSJ runs a photo of Mario and Bill looking every bit glad to see each other as part of a story about their iciness to each other. The key to amending whatever enmity exists between the two men might rest in finding the Woman in the Middle.
If only we knew who she is.
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