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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[Freenation]

making of a leader...

[BlackYowe]

I would not take it that far.

[Ellyllon]

Being 'human,' and 'real,' and all.

[eagledavey]

Those pics look very professionally done, on both ends. Did he moonlight as a model? Back then smoking was cool, so dont see the problem some have with that. I bet there are more pics out there.

[smchp]

Only people that have a problem with it are the same people who have a problem with what mustard he likes on his burger.

They have a problem with him no matter what he does. They just can't stand the idea of a black guy in the white house.

[MaidinMossyCreek]

Another liberal playing the race card.

Happens all the time.

[Pie7]

I concur!

[Furby]

Who's "they"? The people who don't like the mustard he uses? Do you think Grey Poupon might be behind a massive plot to oust the Prez because he's using French's? I'm guessing that's the problem here. Condiment manufacturers of the world unite!!

[ZimboChick]

S3xy b3ast!

[FebM]

Lol!

[puffthedragon]

Just too cool for words!

[poco767c]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/t/Y/bush_yale_righthook.gif
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/D/f/bush_college_cheerleader.jpg

Pictures from the former presidents college days.
FYI do not type "Bush Photo College" into google image search while at work.

[Ellyllon]

Well, that was cold water!

[nocoward]

oh oh oh lol

[Chem is she]

LOL

[Furby]

Oh my, the two pictures that got away...

[panchovilla]

Here, definitive proof that Obama is a Marxist:

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/82584/thumbs/s-OBAMA-COLLEGE-PHOTO-large.jpg
http://gryphonscry.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/karlmarx.jpg

[AwShucks]

Don't you just love President Obama

[roshni]

I do.

[SimplyBkuz]

I'm trying to figure out how this is proof. Unless this is a joke, in which case, you've failed miserably. Actually, either way... fail.

[poco767c]

I thought it was funny. Marx was the hotty of the revolution.

[Furby]

If you're trying to figure out how this is proof..... oh forget it.

[PainTrain614]

Where's the one of him smoking a doobie?

[Ellyllon]

Bush with a spoon seemed just a little more troubling, & Bush with a bottle.

[antifluff]

O admitted using in college. It didn't seem to affect how people looked at him.

[ywcachieve]

That's a cigarette. Have your eyes examined, please.

[LeftLeanWing]

Next to the one of McCain wearing a truss.

[JuliaRain]

I heart Obama!

Thanks for the photos!!! :D

[ywcachieve]

I can't believe we have such a delicious president! Love him!

[RightWingMarine]

it's disturbing to see the cult of personality that is building up around Obama.

[JuliaRain]

It's disturbing that the right wing clings to lies.

[Ellyllon]

Because he's adorable, handsome, sexy, & women want him. (one supposes, many men do, too.) That's a 'cult' now? Actually, I think it's just good taste. The funny thing is, my knees can go weak, & I can still think something like, "but, Sir, please prosecute Cheney for torture." I can think, "Do we really need to bail out THAT many banks?" And still think, "I love this man!"

Because we're not all absolutes like some.

[antifluff]

Can you think: why are you bankrupting the country and raising taxes on everyone (cap & trade)? Just keep looking into those big, brown, eyes and ignore the mess he is making.

[Ellyllon]

And... so lusting for our President is now a 'cult?' I thought it was just good taste.

[chavo]

Look up what cult of personality means. It has nothing to do with a "cult".

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

This coming from the tin foil hat wearing brigade!!!!

[mairs]

It's disturbing to see the cult of tor/ure that has built up around Cheney. All the Republicans who positively relish the idea of it. Thinking a president is cute is a far cry from the obviously disturbing implications of the Cheney cult.

[Zenfull]

Love these! Thanks so much to Lisa jacks for capturing Barry before his world changed.

[Theda]

Some of these photos were features in a Los Angeles Times story a few weeks ago. They look great.

[Chem is she]

"'Is this who you want picking up the phone at 3 a.m.?' "

If I were in college with him I'd sure want him picking up the phone at 3am. Mee-OW!

[militarymomforobama]

Excuse me ma'am, the futute President is on the phone with a booty call for you!

[nocoward]

oh!! lol

[ebanks84]

LOL.......that's cute!

[Lea4388]

LOL!

[ZimboChick]

Lol me too!

[allonfla]

sexy bastard

[Ellyllon]

Oh, God, isn't that the truth? Yes, I want him picking up the phone at 3am. MY phone!

[Glowcy]

.
Yeah, allonfla, the man is still sexy to death: he should bottle and sell it.

All y'all haters need to get over yourselves. President Obama is the right man for our times and the fact that he's of an age wherein he can reach forward to younger people and backwards to older people for issues resolution is simply . . . wonderful.

.

[antifluff]

technically correct, his parents marriage wasn't legal.

[Ellyllon]

This is why I've come to loathe conservatives.

[nocoward]

Why? You would have given his mother a hard time back then "Mr. & Mrs. Love"

[ebanks84]

Those pictures are priceless. Absolutely historical to see a president in his youth such as this. How lucky she is to own these photos. And it doesn't matter to me how anybody feels about them because nobody can affect my way of thinking and my feelings with misappropriated comments. Sorry spoilers!

[gnostic19]

speaks to the fact that he's the first post-boomer president. The style of clothing, the nature of the poses...it's all there as proof.

[roblabrousse]

Weren't these photos or some of them released during the campaign? I know I saw some of them before this.

[militarymomforobama]

Yes a few of them were. She shows a lot of respect for the President for holding back though. And to be realistic--she knows the photos are not losing any value.