White House Releases Portrait of First Family from Celeb-Photog Leibovitz

Nice photo

Great American family!

Well that isn’t particularly inspiring. Guess Annie’s financial mess is impacting on her creativity.

A very nice family photo!!! Although a bit underwhelming creatively given its an Annie Leibovitz. I would think any decent photographer could have captured this particular family photo shot. This is not a “slam” on the photo because it is very nice! Its just not a distinctive Annie Leibovitz photo to me. It would be interesting to learn of her thinking process regarding the shot and what she wanted to achieve or avoid.

wonderful portrait. frank, forthright and tangible – represents these people well.

They are a very pretty family.

Does this come under TARP?

Boehner: Obama’s ‘Chicago-Style Politics’..
PRUDEN: Third World get-the-press rant…
NOONAN: It’s His Rubble Now…
DEMS BLAST WHITE HOUSE ENEMIES LIST STRATEGY…..he’s toast

Gorgeous photo, beautiful family. Political differences aside, this is an incredible portrait of an American Family.

Somebody cares?

…and so wizcat123… wha’ cha’ think of the photo?

It would be a dream come true to have a portrait done by Annie Leibovitz.

My only question: How much did the picture cost the TAXPAYING CIIZENS of the United States?

Oh my gosh! This guy is taking this country to hell in a hand basket, but why would anyone make rude, childish comments about a nice family portrait?! Geesh, get some lives!

I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. THE TWO WHITE’S SHOULDN’T BE TOGETHER.. THE OLDER GIRL SHOULD BE OVER BY HER DAD, AND THE LITTLE ONE BY HER MOM….ALSO, I THOUGHT THE DOG WAS PART OF THE FAMILY, WHERE’S BO???? THE PRESIDENT SEEM TO DO EVERYTHING BUT,NEVER THE RIGHT THING.. WHY IS HAVING PICTURES TAKEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING OUR MEN AND WOMEN HELP TO FIGHT THIS WAR ON TERROR? OBAMA IS NOT A GOOD LEADER FOR THIS COUNTRY… HE CAN’T TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY.. HE’S TO AFRAID HE MAY MAKE THE WRONG DECISION, AND THAT HE COULDN’T LIVE WITH…IT WOULD MAKE HIM LOOK BAD IN HIS EYES…IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM LOVING HIMSELF….

WELL KUTE PIC. . .AND HAY YOU TRY AND BE PRESIDENT FOR A DAY AND TELL ME HOW IT GO!!!!!!!! HE’S TRYING. . .

What an impressive portrait…yes, the family, but more importantly, it speaks volumes for how far our country has come in the past 50 years regarding racism. We may not all agree politically, but we should all be proud of our nation for how far we have come in the past 50 years. 50 years ago, the thought of an American-African/African-American occupying the White House was unimaginable.
For that reason, for me, this portrait instills “Pride”…pride in America.
(BTW, I’m a white American.)
God bless America and God bless our current president, President Obama, and his family.

Maybe Obama can hire the painter who did Charlie Rangle?

I love the continuation of history in the White House “Green Room” behind this family portrait – Thomas Jefferson used it as a dining room, President Lincoln was brought to this room after his assassination, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt entertained Amerlia Earhart.

Where’s the Pepto-Bismol?

Don’t really care about the family photo. THEY SIMPLY DO NOT BELONG IN THE WHITE HOUSE! Thank you, Jake, for standing up to Gibbs and defending Fox News. In my view, you are a credible journalist, one of the few still left out there to challenge WH thugs…

Breaking poll:
For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.
Republicans have nearly doubled their lead over Democrats on economic issues to 49% to 35%, after leading by eight points in September.
The GOP also holds a 54% to 31% advantage on national security issues and a 50% to 31% lead on the handling of the war in Iraq.

Facist: WHERE are you getting your poll#s from ?????? IRAQ WAR?

At least they have their clothes on!! Beautiful picture. I bet the Secret Service is gonna be busy in a few years. That Malia is a beauty!!

Breaking Poll, if that was true, then how come we don’t have a REPUBLICIAN PRESIDENT?

SB, what lifetime are you living in, this is the 20th century, what do you mean, they Dont Belong In The White House, I can’t wait for them to throw a BBQ, I hope YOU get invited, you along with all your likes

What do you mean they do not belong in the White house. Get with the times. They were legally voted in. And all this praise of the Republicans. Amazing grace that they are out of office. More talk than action unless someone has had a brain failure regarding the last 8 years.

Oh, what sheer delight one gets from the administration’s cuckoo (and losing) war with Fox News:
“… it’s disturbing that at a time when we still lack a strategy decision on Afghanistan, unemployment is sky high, and health-care reform is in disarray, this is what consumes the White House. For an administration that was supposed to transcend petty partisanship, it has become, yes, the spitting image of the Nixon White House — defensive, vengeful, and self-destructive.”

FACIST: Get over it…Pres. Obama is in the White House and he’s doing a great job, esp. with the mess he was handed. And there’s nothing wrong with printing an adorable family picture.
LIGHTEN UP

The lighting is bad. Makes them look to dark.

I just cannot understand the posting that the President and his family do not belong in the White House. He is the elected President who was voted by the majority of the people like every other President before him. To me, the one thing about this President’s election is that this country has shown that racism still exist.

The photo is beautiful not because he’s the President but because they have such a beautiful family.

Anthony: I cannot understand some of the comments either. It’s a shame that people have to have such hate….if you don’t agree with someone’s policies, fine, but some of these comments I believe are racist and it exists unfortunately within blacks and whites. God made all of us, we are all the same inside. What difference does one’s skin color matter? I always take each person for what they are. I don’t care what religion, if they are gay, straight or pink with purple poka dots, everyone is an individual…you don’t judge a book by it’s cover. By the way, I’m a white woman.

Kyle: He is going after Wall Street and stopping bonuses and high salaries…He is trying to straighten all of this out….He got the Noble Peace prize because of his talking to heads of other countries and trying to get everyone together. Give the man a chance. He’s had 9 months to fix everything done in 8 years.

It is wonderful to see God’s Justice in Action. From pauper to prince. From slave to President. Amen.

Obama looks so wholesome in his family photo.
A beautiful family.
And a far cry from those sinister photos of Obama whispering to Rahm Emanuel.
Or those rare photos of an angry Obama with vacant eyes. Wonder what he is really thinking?
The two faces of Obama.

A beautiful photo of a beautiful family. How telling, though, that Obama would use a “celebrity” photographer.

Dan I need medical help because I have short term memory problems? I said Pres. Obama has only been in office for 9 months, give him a chance, the last 8 years this mess was created. Please explain.

OK Dan, you meant Kyle! I agree with you now! :–)

They are a very nice looking first family! My most positive feelings about President Obama are related to his roles as a husband and father. He appears to be devoted to his wife and his daugthers, and that is admirable. May God bless them!

I understand that those of you who critisize President Obama are just scared. Change is difficult for some people. The man has a lot to deal with thanks to our last president and his administration. If you would quiet down and listen to him you would have heard him say numerous times that this mess will take a while to get out of.

Kathy: A very nice, calm and INTELLIGENT post. I have said the same thing. Some people don’t listen to him or don’t WANT to…He said many time during his campaign that it will take YEARS to fix this. And anyone with any sense at all would not expect him to fix in 9 months what took 8 years to create. I wish more people were like you.

Tecten13: I am still waiting for an explanation of your post.

You know what – ignorance is bliss. There are a lot of people in bliss on this comment page. To indicate that the President has no brains or is stupid is totally without evidence. The President with no brains is finally gone. If your blind and possibly racist eyes and ears failed you for the last eight years, then I understand.S happens. However, get some of the racial cob webs out of your eyes and you may be able to see the clear picture of what’s really going on. I rarely read comments relating to the current President (Obama) because there is so much racial ignorance and bigotry out there. I do believe everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that is all it is, “their opinion”, so it not necessary to go back and forth defending President Obama. It is what it is!!

“So you think the do-nothing president has a brain and common sense? ”
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I’ll quote from another poster about the ‘do-nothing president’ and then wonder about who has brain problems . . .
“Since his inauguration the President has removed barriers to responsible scientific research involving human stem cells, signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed legislation expanding children’s health care (SCHIP), established the White House Council on Women and Girls, pushed for enactment of the Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law– and he’s about to sign the bill, doubled the troops in Afghanistan and ordered an assessment as part of a thorough policy review pertaining to the war in Afghanistan, secured $5 billion in aid commitments for Pakistan “to bolster the country’s economy and help it fight terror and Islamic radicalism” within the country, engaged the Muslim world in a manner wholly underappreciated by right wingers but important nonetheless, led a meeting of U.N. Security Council heads of state, a first for a U.S. president, which resulted in the adoption of a resolution focused on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (the largest conservation effort in 15 yrs), put into place the framework for an auto industry recovery including an allocation of $2 billion in stimulus cash for advanced batteries systems, singed U.N. convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, signed credit card bill of rights, put $75 billion toward helping homeowners mostly via TARP funds, banned lobbyist gifts to exec branch employees, singed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which dedicates funds to alternative energy research, highway projects, and Health IT, the stimulus bill and Obama’s first budget dedicates money to high-speed rail, the Attorney General has directed federal prosecutors Monday to back away from pursuing cases against medical marijuana patients, signaling a broad policy shift that drug reform advocates interpret as the first step toward legalization of the drug, President Obama also signed the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act into law today, the Dow is UP; the Nasdaq is UP ; in May, U.S. home prices rose for the first time in THREE YEARS; in June, new home sales rose 11% and as we move into the last quarter of 2009, home sales figures have risen on average all over the nation meaning there are signs of recovery; Health Care Reform likely with some sort of “public option” will become law before year’s end. Regulatory reform on Wall Street will take awhile and it’ll be a slug fest, but that’s going to happen too. While some feel it’s not happening fast enough, the administration is sticking to the status of forces agreements with Iraq to pull out our forces on time, and while we may not meet the deadline, Gitmo will be closed and no longer serve as a recruitment tool for those who wish to destroy us; and the world views America more positively again. World opinion has noticeably gone back up. And while transparency may not be where we want it to be, this admin is the most transparent to date. Not perfect, not even good enough *yet* but a few steps in the right direction.”
That is an partial list . . .. but your ‘do-nothing’ criticism is a crock.

Chairmen Mao also had some very lovely family pictures taken. So did Stalin. And Adolph and Eva… such a cute couple….

Hey Laura,
So why do think the Obamas portrait is much beter than the Bush family? Is it because the Obamas are BLACK? You are one narrow-minded idiot!
Get a life!

Beautiful…just beautiful. We love you obama. Keep up the good work!

In most of the pictures of this family, Michelle and the girls are affectionate. Obama is never hugging anyone. Couldn’t they at least put Bo in the picture so Obama can pat his head or something?

Let’s hope this isn’t the best picture in the collection. Why does Obama look so aloof and detached,sitting in front of the rest? And why does Michelle look so uncomfortably trapped by her daughter’s arms? The girls are actually the givers of affection in the family instead of the other way around in this picture.

Barb,
I suppose Obama just dropped down from the heavens on his socialist mop. He never had one thing to do with the state of the country even thou he was a junior senator and the Dems controlled congress the last two years of the Bush admin. He never voted or had any effect on any legislation. Good god dummy wake up!!! The girls are cute, that’s all I can say nice.

He is the president of the United States of America. God put him there even if you don’t think so. He is an instrument used by God. Think about it. It may not be what you expected but pray that God’s will to be done and our country will be better by it. Forget about racism!!

TO MLH: you are right, GOD put him there because he is the anti-christ.
forget about racism? Tell that to obama.

I have no respect for this man or his wife. That being said it is a nice family portrait. It would have been nice if he had given an unemployed photographer the chance to get their name out their instead of some celebrity photographer. Oh, that’s right, he thinks he is a celebrity.

Posted by: TUXENT13 | Oct 23, 2009 5:58:37 PM posted “he hated his mothers race. Read the book.”
Have YOU read either of Obama’s books? Or are you accepting without question the words spewed by “for-profit false-profits” like Glenn Beck?
In Obama’s first memoir, “Dreams from My Father”, he wrote that in high school, he would sometimes speak disparagingly “about white folks this or white folks that, and I would suddenly remember my mother’s smile, and the words that I spoke would seem awkward and false.”
That book chronicles a young man’s struggle for his place in our society, not uncommon for anyone. As an adult, Obama appears to have come to terms with what he wants: No black or white America–just a United States of America.
Seriously, read for yourself instead of taking opinions from entertainers as truth.

The EXACT page & paragraphs tuxent13!Google pulls up everything–even the lies.

Posted by: tuxent13 | Oct 23, 2009 7:02:11 PM posted: “From Audacity of Hope ‘I will stand with the Muslilms should the political winds shift in an ugly direction’”.
Your quote is incorrect. It’s from a section that talks about the concerns of immigrants about the repeat of Japanese internments.
Here is the accurate and more complete quote: “Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
Your misinformation is a perfect example of how hate is built out of context.
Seriously, read the book.

CenterOne – it’s no use. These ignorant people live in a fantasy world where what they say matters — don’t tell them that what they say really doesn’t (wink wink). The unfortunate thing is, they’re teaching lessons to their children which themselves are rooted in a twisted sense of religion/morality. They don’t care what anyone else has to say, because everyone who disagrees with them is going to hell anyway. Still, I commend your effort to educate the perpetually and willingly ignorant. But remember, these people much prefer to be lied to by the likes of Bush and others like him. After all, Bush is a good guy who the common man can drink with!!! The common man is stupid and not worth listening to.

TUXENT13 | Oct 23, 2009 6:48:14 PM posted, “he is the anti-christ”. Where did you learn this silliness? Don’t allow other people to make you frightened.
Turn off you caps lock and check out Matthew 7:15 as a solemn warning against the dangers of false teaching. False Prophets promote feelings of fear, hatred, and anger. Completely opposite of kindness, compassion, and forgiveness preached by Jesus Christ.
And have a great weekend – I’m out.

tuxent13, you are missing the point of the quotes about Obama rejecting his mother’s race when he was a teen. It was when he was trying to ‘find’ himself, as most teens do. Since he looks more black than white, he was identifying himself that way to fit in with a crowd, which we almost all did as teens, trying to fit into one clique or another. He was also trying to identify with his mostly absent father.
The book was about his search for an identity, growing up as a mixed race child in America. None of those quotes are about how he feels now, but how he felt as a teen. In later parts of the book he tells how and why his opinion changed as he matured and learned to look at people as individuals, instead of part of one group or another. You really should read the book, rather than quote little pieces, if you care at all about the accuracy of what you are talking about.
As far as you being entitled to an opinion, yes, everyone is. But people need to base their opinions on facts or else it is an ignorant opinion.

Like any one of you is wise enough to identify an anti-Christ. Well, maybe it’s projection. I think everyone should go have dinner with their friends and family, try to do something good for someone today, and thank God for what you have. It is not becoming, informative, or productive to continue coming out with hate for a man who is doing an amazing job of running our country.

Well, at least the kids are cute. Not much good to say about our prez and his wife.

This family craves the spotlight and wants the world to see them as celebrities. Obviously they selected the photographer that makes millions creating this kind of image.

Oh by the way Centerone, the idea that Obama did not write his best seller came for Jack Cashill the editor of Ingrams magazine, an editor of books, and a writer himself. Cashill put forth his theory over a year ago. The biographer Anderson and William Ayres have confirmed, for the most part, his theory. Obama is a writing hack who let’s other people speak for him. What a disastor that that book got Obama into the White House. It first got himi attention and helped him win his first election. It was the bio for his Senate run and his presidential bid. Turns out that most of his life may well be a hoax. Do you guys feel a tiny bit like the rear end of a mule?

I think the photo is nice, but the posing is more like a picnic photo. I would have liked to have seen a more formal photo. You can still show closeness with family in a formal photo. Enough with I want to be everyone’s friend and celebrity and start moving on with this whole ‘CHANGE’ thing.

What a lovely family. The First Family has brought respectability and class back to America.

Why is the one little girl sitting on her mothers lap in such a weird position?

cma, the older girl is sitting on the arm of the chair, not on her mom’s lap.
I like the informal quality of the photo and how they all look happy to be with each other.

Wisdom, probably the same people are paying for it as paid for every other First Family’s portraits. Sheesh.

DISGUSTING

well, she is a celebrity photographer…and obama’s a celebrity. also, maybe she’ll get some stimulus money to help her pay off the $20 million in outstanding loans she has to creditors. perhaps annie’s “too big to fail.”

I think this is a very beautiful photo of the first family in the whitehouse . i love the family very much , we all can be the same , come as you are .

They represent America at it’s best.
Who cares who paid for it?? The family has the spotlight because they are the first family of America, who the world loves!!

Is nice phone of the Obama’s family but who paid for this photo I hpoe the Obama family acount.

Calvin | Oct 23, 2009 9:37:00 PM posted “Obama is a writing hack who let’s other people speak for him. What a disastor that that book got Obama into the White House. Turns out that most of his life may well be a hoax. Do you guys feel a tiny bit like the rear end of a mule?”
Obama’s books were written as part of a “hoax”? Not according to Nobel prize winning writer Toni Morrison who praised Obama’s “ability to reflect on this extraordinary mesh of experiences…all of these things that you don’t often see in a political memoir biography.”
Not according to Time Magazine columnist Joe Klein who reviewed Obama’s book as “the best written memoir by an American politician”.
Not according to Pulitzer winning critic for the NYT, Michiko Kakutani, who described the book as “the most evocative, lyrical and candid autobiography written by a future president.”
These people are far from a “rear end of a mule”. Seriously, Calvin, it’s worth READING not just listening to talk show entertainers – might actually help your spelling of “disastor” too.