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In 1980, when President-Elect Barack Obama was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles, he was approached by an aspiring photographer named Lisa Jack, who asked him if he would be willing to pose for some black and white photographs that she could use in her portfolio. I'll guess that Lisa Jack is one happy photographer today - probably a rich one too, after selling these pictures...



You can see all 12 photographs here: TIME
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous said...
     

    cool pics

  2. Karen said...
     

    Obama looks cool and geeky at the same time.

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