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Annie Leibovitz Shoots Obama Family White House Portrait
Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, who has faced relentless media scrutiny this year over her tangled personal finances, was selected to snap the official White House portrait of the Obama family. The photo, taken in the Green Room, was released this morning on the official White House Flickr stream.
Leibovitz typically photographs celebrities for magazines, and is known for her iconic shots of John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Demi Moore, among many others. She has occasionally done portraits of political figures, including one of Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit to the White House in 2007.
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Leibovitz typically photographs celebrities for magazines, and is known for her iconic shots of John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Demi Moore, among many others. She has occasionally done portraits of political figures, including one of Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit to the White House in 2007.
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moderate
11:06AM Oct 23rd 2009
What a great picture!
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cypress674
11:42AM Oct 23rd 2009
"Leibovitz typically photographs celebrities for magazines, and is known for her iconic shots of John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Demi Moore, among many others."
Another example of how the president and his wife are more interested in behaving as celebrities than in leading our country. Maybe the article was planted to encourage us to watch Mrs. Co-Celebrity Obama tonight on the Jay Leno show.
I'll have to agree that the two Obama children look nice in the photo. There is still some innocence in the White House.
Another example of how the president and his wife are more interested in behaving as celebrities than in leading our country. Maybe the article was planted to encourage us to watch Mrs. Co-Celebrity Obama tonight on the Jay Leno show.
I'll have to agree that the two Obama children look nice in the photo. There is still some innocence in the White House.
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(3) Max Jonas
4:42PM Oct 23rd 2009
Moderate...you are an idiot!
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(-2) mary
5:40PM Oct 23rd 2009
YA RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!IT'S A JOKE!!!!!!
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(0) RIta Silver
11:20AM Oct 23rd 2009
Could you possibly rephrase that headline???????? Even if you think it a thought-provoking pun?
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(-1) goldrushhurry
11:32AM Oct 23rd 2009
could not agree more.
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(-1) moderate
11:37AM Oct 23rd 2009
What do you mean?
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(-2) Max Jonas
4:45PM Oct 23rd 2009
Again...Moderate is an idiot and is unable to comprehend simple concepts.
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(-3) beckjr2000
11:25AM Oct 23rd 2009
Was this done as part of the Stimulus or a bail out?
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(6) bobjimflys
11:55AM Oct 23rd 2009
Glad to see they are all happy, the rest of the country is not smiling... Do they have to always have some one around them that has tax issues? And I am still waiting for David Letterman Jokes about the Obama girls, and please David, make them as tasteless as the ones you had for Sarah's girls.... thank you...
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(4) mary
5:33PM Oct 23rd 2009
AMEN TO THAT. IF THE ATTACK ON PALIN'S WAS FOR LETTERMAN AMUSEMENT THE OBAMA CHILDREN ARE FAIR GAME AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!
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(1) Felipe
12:03PM Oct 23rd 2009
To: cypress674 and beckjr2000
Neocons are so stupid. I guess Bush was also more interested in trying to behave like a Celebrity when he had his picture taken by the same photographer in 2007 with Queen Elizabeth. Or maybe it was part of the Iraq war strategy. Give me a break!
A family portrait is not Politics or Democrat or Republican. It's just a family portrait!
Neocons are so stupid. I guess Bush was also more interested in trying to behave like a Celebrity when he had his picture taken by the same photographer in 2007 with Queen Elizabeth. Or maybe it was part of the Iraq war strategy. Give me a break!
A family portrait is not Politics or Democrat or Republican. It's just a family portrait!
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(-6) Ann D. Freebing
12:50PM Oct 23rd 2009
Nice picture, however, Mrs. Obama's black dress does not complement the dark olive green background. Something's amiss with the lighting, and perhaps Ms. Leibovitz's finesse as a world-class photographer is waning... P.S. Where's the dog?? That would have added a nice family touch!
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(8) MEFERRAN
12:55PM Oct 23rd 2009
Lovely photo of the first family. The girls are beautiful.
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(0) daballofire
12:59PM Oct 23rd 2009
It's nice to see a fellow Marxist like Obama use tax payer money and compassion only lefties have, to hire and bail out another way, way down and out bankrupt one like Liebovitz to take a pretty picture showing how happy they all are living off our dime, eating our cake while the rest of America starves.
A picture tells a thousand stories they say.
Someone needs to tell Liebovits, who obviously doesn't shoot family portraits, that there is no family portrait without the family dog. Where is Bo?
A picture tells a thousand stories they say.
Someone needs to tell Liebovits, who obviously doesn't shoot family portraits, that there is no family portrait without the family dog. Where is Bo?
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(4) lloyd4wallace
1:39PM Oct 23rd 2009
Forget about the dog, take no notice of the room, there are no chairs! the picture could have been taken on a park bench in the middle of the park.
This is a beautiful picture, so natural and ordinary it could have been a photo of family, black or white or of any race. "It is a family picture".
The people in the photo are the subject not the background.
This is a beautiful picture, so natural and ordinary it could have been a photo of family, black or white or of any race. "It is a family picture".
The people in the photo are the subject not the background.
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(-2) lloyd4wallace
1:29PM Oct 23rd 2009
l very good, relaxed and calm photo expressing good family bond.
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(1) Frank
1:37PM Oct 23rd 2009
It's a good portrait, relaxed and down-to-earth. Though I wonder why they need Annie flipping Leibovitz to shoot it, she's photographed plenty of important people for what, forty years? Why not give a younger, up-and-coming photographer the job? Not to say Leibovitz is past her prime, but you'd think a photographer in a younger generation might have been selected to photograph a president who represents a new era in American politics.
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(1) lloyd4wallace
2:01PM Oct 23rd 2009
I agree, that may have been an option, but the result speak for its self.
You cant beet experience and the ability to express natural skills in presenting the the focal point, forget the props.
No doubt the others will admire the work of art in the style is has been presented.
Ps. don't worry the youngsters will have their turn to photograph the President and his family and who knows, could even include his grandchildren in time to come, why, because In my opinion, I think the portrait will be hanging on the white house wall for a long,long time.
Changes mean changes and I am impress so far.
You cant beet experience and the ability to express natural skills in presenting the the focal point, forget the props.
No doubt the others will admire the work of art in the style is has been presented.
Ps. don't worry the youngsters will have their turn to photograph the President and his family and who knows, could even include his grandchildren in time to come, why, because In my opinion, I think the portrait will be hanging on the white house wall for a long,long time.
Changes mean changes and I am impress so far.
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(-1) daballofire
5:44PM Oct 23rd 2009
Yeah. My doxie dog could have taken that picture with a cell phone and two paws tied behind her back - for way less tax payer money - and she was bred to be stupid - just like most lefties. The kids are cute for such ugly parents though.
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