For a short while I thought President Barack Obama's unprecedented
appeal was due to him saving the world from a butt-monkey of a
douchebag (which is partly the case), but the truth is he's just so
damn likeable.
He's like the perfect
combination of confidence without arrogance, intelligence without pretentiousness, and straight-up cool in the true sense of the word.
By the
looks of these images by photographer Lisa Jack, taken way back in the
day when Mr Obama was a freshman at Occidental College, it's always
been the case too. Sporting and completely owning a wide-brimmed
Panama and puffing away on a fag, the dude was seriously untouchable.
Today marks the opening of an exhibition showcasing 21 of the 36 photos
taken from this series at West Hollywood's
M+B Gallery. The images will
be on display until 18th July. If like me, you live a bazillion miles
away from West Hollywood and can't make it, check some samples from the
series to the right of this post. So much swagger.