What are the origins of the photo? Did the WH or the campaign put it out? If not who has stated its a valid (real) photo?
The Chicago Tribune after the 2008 election published a photo gallery hagiography entitled Barack Obama's ascendence . It is photo #13 (Photo #1 is a rarely seen baby photo). The attribution on this, and most of the early photographs, is Maya Soetoro-Ng. How convenient that the loving half-sister shared all these precious family photographs! These did not originate with the Obama Campaign, oh no. Sis dug them out of a shoe box.