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Jetée · 06-30-2009, 10:51 PM

Barack Obama: The Freshman, Photographs by Lisa Jack

Obama from his freshman year, '81, by Lisa Jack, photographed while students at Occidental College.

Jack, then a student of photography at "Oxy," sought a striking subject for a portrait project and was tipped off about a charismatic freshman named “Barry” Obama who would make an ideal subject. After the shoot, the negatives would remain locked away for the next 28 years. These photographs from 1980 offer a rare window back in time before the posters and before the campaign, when a 20-year-old young man was grappling with issues of self and purpose that would shape him to become the 44th President of theUnited States.

At first worried these images could be used against President Obama, Jack realized they were incriminating of nothing other than being young and self-conscious, and that they offered a unique glimpse into how the man who made history went from being “Barry” to Barack. After having her one roll of film from that day sit forgotten for almost thirty years, Jack now offers up these images “so that others may see a side to him [she has] yet to observe captured in the maelstrom of contemporary media”.

A selection of these photographs was first featured in Time Magazine’s 2008 “Person of the Year” Issue, which chose then President-elect Barack Obama as its honoree. This exhibition marks the first time these rare photographs have ever been printed and on display.

Barack Obama. Photo: Lisa Jack / M + B Gallery.

-- source: Fledged Youth Barack Obama By Lisa Jack (Etoday)
additional(s): Why History Can't Wait - Person of the Year 2008 - TIME ,
Barack Obama: The Freshman, Photographs by Lisa Jack - a set on Flickr , Lisa Jack's Obama Prints on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Barack Obama: The Freshman, Photographs by Lisa Jack Obama from his freshman year, '81, by Lisa Jack, photographed while students at Occidental College. Jack, then a student of photography at "Oxy," sought a striking subject for a portrait project and was tipped off about a charismatic freshman named “Barry” Obama who would make an ideal subject. After the shoot, the negatives would remain locked away for the next 28 years. These photographs from 1980 offer a rare window back in time before the posters and before the campaign, when a 20-year-old young man was grappling with issues of self and purpose that would shape him to become the 44th President of theUnited States. At first worried these images could be used against President Obama, Jack realized they were incriminating of nothing other than being young and self-conscious, and that they offered a unique glimpse into how the man who made history went from being “Barry” to Barack. After having her one roll of film from that day sit forgotten for almost thirty years, Jack now offers up these images “so that others may see a side to him [she has] yet to observe captured in the maelstrom of contemporary media”. A selection of these photographs was first featured in Time Magazine’s 2008 “Person of the Year” Issue, which chose then President-elect Barack Obama as its honoree. This exhibition marks the first time these rare photographs have ever been printed and on display. Barack Obama. Photo: Lisa Jack / M + B Gallery. -- source: Fledged Youth Barack Obama By Lisa Jack (Etoday) additional(s): Why History Can't Wait - Person of the Year 2008 - TIME , Barack Obama: The Freshman, Photographs by Lisa Jack - a set on Flickr , Lisa Jack's Obama Prints on Flickr - Photo Sharing! __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi