CNN named Obama 'most intriguing person of 2012' five days after TIME named him 'person of the year'. I found this great collection of photos from the White House photographer and I was captivated. I looked at them all and as a totality I think they really capture the essence of the presidential experience. While not generally a patriotic person, I sure feel patriotic after looking at these.
What's your reaction? Would be interesting to hear from Dems and Reps alike.
Thanks for the link. I put this on facebook, which I rarely do, with the reminder that if they wanted my friends could skip the article and just look at the pretty pictures. So we'll see how that goes. (I'm pretty young and so are my facebook friends.)
To answer your question, I love seeing behind-the-scenes photos of just about anything, but the presidency is shrouded in more mystique than most things in America -- so this was something special. And forgetting the subject matter, some of these shots are pure art (thinking of the second picture at the Libya memorial/transfer).
Souza's photos remind me of the prevailing thought I had after Obama's AMA. A bunch of people asked him about (surprise!) the NDAA, pot, etc. -- wasted chances. Only two of the questions were remotely interesting, as far as I can remember. One asked him about the quality of the White House beer and another simply asked him to tell us something we didn't know about his daily life. The answers were entertaining if brief.
Everyone knows what Obama has to say about the NDAA; that's not what I read his AMA for. Similarly, I know what Obama looks like when he's posing for dozens of flashbulbs. That's not interesting. This photoessay was.
EDIT: I submitted the picture of his signature on the health care bill to r/penmanshipporn. Love the 'b' in the 'O'.