Jan 14 2009

Official portrait

Posted by Len on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm CT in Democrats, Politics

The official portrait of President Barack Obama was released today. It was taken by newly announced White House photographer Pete Souza and is the first official presidential portrait to be taken with a digital camera.

You can see the portrait below. Click on it to make it bigger. (Unless you have a really big monitor, you will probably need to click on the downward pointing arrow that will appear in the bar at the bottom of your browser window in order to view it in its original size.)

Barack H. Obama
Barack H. Obama

 

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13 Comments

13 Responses to “Official portrait”

  1. # U.S. Common Senseon 14 Jan 2009 at 14:44

    Not a bad picture, though he could have used a little more light on his left side. Of course, after years of walking through offices with Presidential pictures on the walls, you stop looking closely at them. I still think the photo of him standing in front of the Capitol building is his best portrait yet. I think I’ve used that image three times now in different articles.

  2. # Election Issues Todayon 14 Jan 2009 at 15:31

    This is worth keeping so we can compare his hair coloration “before” and “after” a term in office. I’m betting he will be showing a LOT of grey. I think he is greying just “a little” already.

  3. # Lenon 14 Jan 2009 at 16:56

    @Election Issues Today : There is no doubt that the office will age him. We are not an easy country to be in charge of. And just look at the mess he’s inheriting.

    This is the picture that is going to be on display in all the federal offices, so it’ll be around for a while.

  4. # Andyon 14 Jan 2009 at 22:16

    I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s totally gray by the time eight years is up (assuming he serves that long). He’s already shown quite a bit of age just in two years of campaigning.

  5. # Lenon 14 Jan 2009 at 22:21

    @Andy : Granted that the office tends to age a person, but let’s remember that our soon-to-be president is still a relatively young man. He’s only 47 years old. In eight years he’ll be 55.

    But time will tell, I guess. He has some mighty stressful times ahead of him.

  6. # U.S. Common Senseon 14 Jan 2009 at 23:24

    That’s it … time to elect bald people!

  7. # Laura-Whateverebayon 15 Jan 2009 at 02:55

    sure, such a position would age anyone. however, there is such a thing called just for MEN! lol

    He is gorgeous, look at that smile! OMG! You can just read over a thousand words from this picture. If intellegence had a look; this would be it. Thank you for sharing the link :)

  8. # jj-momscashblogon 15 Jan 2009 at 13:46

    Great picture and I think we are in for a wonderful change. If you notice since we are all talking about graying hair … President Clinton’s first picture and then look at his last picture when he left the White House. I guess if we were the leader of the free world we would all be gray. But I must admit with Whateverebay he’s a fine looking man.

  9. # Salmanon 15 Jan 2009 at 20:29

    Great picture! I’m surprised he’s not smiling though. He looks firm and honest in this pic, unlike the pic of Bush. Does he know he looks like a monkey?

  10. # Paul - Political Conservativeson 16 Jan 2009 at 16:31

    Where is his Superman cape?

  11. # Lenon 16 Jan 2009 at 18:11

    @Paul – Political Conservatives :

    Where is his Superman cape?

    Dunno. You’d think he’d at least have worn it for his official portrait, wouldn’t you?

  12. # Paul - Political Conservativeson 17 Jan 2009 at 13:15

    And they could have at least done some photoshop on those ears.

  13. # Lenon 17 Jan 2009 at 14:45

    @Paul – Political Conservatives : Classy, Paul. Real classy.

    Not to worry. You’ve got the next eight years to grow accustomed to “those ears.”