While I entirely missed Lisa Jack’s photography exhibition last August at the M+B Gallery in Los Angeles, I am grateful that the images are still up on the gallery’s website. Her recent exhibition titled “Barack Obama: The Freshman” presents a series of enchanting images of a young Barack in his twenties, poised and animated during a casual photoshoot at a small apartment in Los Angeles.
“Now a psychology professor and therapist, in 1980 Lisa jack was an aspiring photographer at Occidental College in Los Angeles and was in desperate need of a model. It was recommended that she take photographs of a young freshman, who later transferred to Columbia University in New York, by the name of Barry. He posed willingly, his legendary future as the first multiracial African-American President of the United States unbeknownst to all. After a brief afternoon photography session, these images remained hidden from the public for twenty-eight years, until Jack decided to search for them as a result of a dare. This exhibition made it possible for these images to be printed and displayed for the first time.”
via Dossier Journal
These are some great B/W photos. I wonder how Barak feels about the pictures?
YO he kinda looks like MJ, not jordan ya dig!