Tuesday, July 7, 2009

- YOUNG OBAMA PICTURES -







- IN 1980 OBAMA WAS A FRESHMAN AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE IN LA, AN ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHER, LISA JACK, ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO POSE FOR SOME PHOTOS FOR HER PORTFOLIO... SHE WAS 20 WHEN SHE MET HIM. SHE LATER DUG THE NEGATIVES OUT OF HER BASEMENT AND NEVER THOUGHT HER PICTURES WOULD HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF HER OWN DARK ROOM. WHEN SHE FOUND THEM, SHE HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE HAD TAKEN A WHOLE ROLL OF FILM AND SHE SAID "THE IMAGES OF OBAMA BLEW ME AWAY." SHE THEN PUT THE NEGATIVES IN A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX, SO THAT THEY COULD NOT BE USED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION, WHERE THEY COULD NOT BE USED FOR A POLITICAL PURPOSE. SHE HOPES THE PICTURES WILL REVEAL "A SPIRIT OF FUN AND THOUGHTFULNESS AND ARE A PART OF HISTORY."

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