Obama College Photos To Go On Display (VIDEO)

Photos of President Obama as a college student are rare. But 21 of them are about to be shown publicly. They come from a collection of thirty-six photos taken by Lisa Jack, a fellow student at Occidental College, of Obama as a freshman.

In the photos, a few of which were published in Time Magazine, Obama wears a Panama hat and bomber jacket, smoking cigarettes.

Jack told the "Today Show" that she kept the collection in a safety deposit box through the election to avoid influencing the results, and she described the future president as "cute."

"I'm sure Hillary would have paid a fortune for them: 'Is this who you want picking up the phone at 3 a.m.?' " Jack said to the L.A. Times. "I could have made a boatload of money, probably, but I wanted to do it right."

"Barack Obama: The Freshman," opens Thursday at M+B Gallery in Los Angeles.

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[KillBillV2]

05:04 AM on 05/31/2009

MUY CALIENTE!!!!!!!!!!!

[TchoupitoulasCanal]

03:19 AM on 05/30/2009

Wow....nobody could escape the era without rockin' the sweet 'fro and bell-bottoms could they!

I bet he had the 'requisite afro comb' like I had.....sharp metal teeth that could land you in the ER if you fell on it with the closed fist handle. And maybe even a bottle of "Stay So Fro"

Ahhh....the 70's!

[sorts]

12:00 AM on 05/30/2009

It's interesting that he went by the name of Barry. Very interesting. The interviewer should have asked if he went by "Barry Soreto."

[Topfeeder]

12:04 PM on 05/31/2009

I was "Sissy" until I was 30. My husband was and still is Beau to most of his family even though his given name is Brian. You have no point whatsoever.

[RJPasadena]

11:19 PM on 05/29/2009

He was (and still is) so cute. He looks younger than 18 yrs old. I read he went to Occidental to be close to some "girl" from California he met while in High School. I wonder if she will come forward after eight years. I am sure she is classy enough to wait until he is out of office.

[sbrown80]

12:23 AM on 05/30/2009

Where did u read that? He didn't mention it in his book so I doubt the validity of this story.

[timewaster2dcore]

08:20 PM on 05/29/2009

Okay, I am gonna go off a little bit here, but the anchor is a hot damn!!

[wonketteRAWKS]

12:15 PM on 05/29/2009

Can we get the life story that goes with the pic collection? What happened during the Columbia years?

[sbrown80]

02:23 PM on 05/29/2009

read his book.

[dillydawg]

11:05 AM on 05/29/2009

Hot then, seriously handsome now.

[2warvet]

10:01 AM on 05/29/2009

*YAWN*

[postman66]

10:33 AM on 05/29/2009

THREADBEAR ALERT!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Threadbear

[Max01]

12:01 PM on 05/29/2009

LOL..good one. Yeah, the yawn gave it away.

[EbonyMariposa]

04:52 AM on 05/29/2009

Wonderfully, expressive photos! And forgive me, but I would have hit it then and I would hit it now.

[sbrown80]

04:58 AM on 05/29/2009

U wish!

[EbonyMariposa]

05:28 AM on 05/29/2009

Obviously I do. That's why I said it. Please keep up next time!

[1088]

08:37 AM on 05/29/2009

Lisa Jack wanted our President to take her out after the shooting, but he didn't ask. So I guess she wanted to hit it too.

[westreal]

09:23 AM on 05/29/2009

I think there would be a train because I would hit it first. lol

[rsprags]

03:35 AM on 05/29/2009

President Obama is a real cutie and a great body even fresh out of the teen years. Great pictures!

[KCFreedom]

03:12 AM on 05/29/2009

Dang, all my college photos have a keg in them

[Cookie100]

01:40 AM on 05/29/2009

GEEZ, BARRY IS NOT CONSIDERING A NAT'L SALES TAX, CAN'T YOU TROLLS GET ANYTHING STRAIGHT!

CONGRESS, NOT BARRY, IS CONSIDERING A SALES TAX!!

He quit smoking, so for all you trolls, STUFF IT!

[America08]

09:13 AM on 05/29/2009

He pretty much admitted that he still smokes...but not inside the White House.

[StillIRise]

12:19 PM on 05/29/2009

That was 3 months ago!!!

[Rhia]

12:55 PM on 06/01/2009

Shut up!

[PhyllisJane]

01:16 AM on 05/29/2009

I still think that the fact that he doesn't go by the name Barry anymore is rather pretentious.

[sbrown80]

01:41 AM on 05/29/2009

It's not his name. And Barry sounds like a pansy. Our pres. is too cool to be called Barry.

[PippiLongstocking]

03:18 AM on 05/29/2009

lol

[julia23]

08:38 AM on 05/29/2009

Giving up your childhood nickname is pretentious?

[bigbluenat4]

12:52 AM on 05/29/2009

By the way....to any of the tr0//s out there talking about "Birth certificates", My wife and i just had to go and get ours from the county...They Looked EXACTLY like president Obama's. They were a "Certified Copy". I guess since we were born in MN and were only given "Certified" copies, we must not be Americans...GROW UP!

[iceage7]

12:40 AM on 05/29/2009

He looks like the Jackson kids. The hat the look. Go barry..make them moves.

[sbrown80]

12:54 AM on 05/29/2009

Too funny. Too bad he can't sing but he's still hot.

[TENICH]

03:39 AM on 05/29/2009

Wrong, our President sing also. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcbG7wLWthE

[zanzig]

09:15 AM on 05/29/2009

He can dance though - loved him on Ellen.