Without bringing any politics into it, I think the portrait looks great and stands up to the level of quality expected in Presidential portraits.
Posted on 01/16/2009 11:37:47 AM PST by PurpleMan
The Office of the President-Elect today released the new official portrait for Barack Obama, who will take the oath of office on Tuesday. New White House photographer Pete Souza captured the image on a digital camera, a first for an official presidential portrait.
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The flags are out of focus, it looks like any old office wall, the tie isn't pulled up, it's not tied tight, and he faces in such a way that he looks...well...like ET.
Lookiin' at that for 4 years will be painful.
Without bringing any politics into it, I think the portrait looks great and stands up to the level of quality expected in Presidential portraits.
Well, they certainly caught his likeness
Why is he wearing an American Flag pin? Disgraceful.
He looks fine. Are the Presidents supposed to be off center like that? The background looks weird.
“I’m watching you.”
He’s wearing a flag pin.
This is not a photoshop--whats the deal with that circle around his mouth?
hmmmm
LOL
He's off to the right, too.
oh, and he’s leaning - to the left.
I could care less about this jerk, except for anger I feel but like you said just looking at it as a photo image an nothing more it is horrible. I bet a kid could take a better photo of Obama that what we see here.
I agree but I'm still really frightened...
He's off to the right, too.
That's his left.
Is it just me or does Bush look kind of blurry?
As a photographer, I’d be ashamed to present something like that as an “official” portrait.
Good point. LOL
Not from his point of view...
I don’t like the background either. If they had more of the flag in it, to add more color, I think it would have been better.
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