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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[RightWingMarine]

All hail the Dear Leader!

[VPN]

The Rash not on yet?

[ohmetoo]

Good one!

[Jerry Pecks]

You better Marine!

[malvones]

It really must be torturous for you to have a popular liberal president.

[kiwi777]

Ooh, barack had style (lovin the jacket and hat on him)! Gosh, he was so cute back then! haha

[indievoter76]

Still is.

[ddDinah]

Great photos and he grew up to become the President of the United States. Not to mention how I can relate back to time they were taken, the good old days racked with change as well.

[NOV42008]

Testing

[aramos]

Photos are okay, but his application and transcripts are off limits, why?

[VPN]

Um, maybe because they are NONE of your business, as in YOU don't have a need to know.

[imjustawitchywoman]

What ever happened to someone's right to privacy?

[maggiee]

Why would you need to see those? I don't think his daddy got him into college.

When was the last time you were asked for copies of your college transcripts when you were applying for a job?

[aramos]

What a bunch of hypocrites. This was exactly what I expected from liberal sychophants.

[frostypo]

God, he WAS cute! (And he's pretty good looking now, too!)

[BruntLIVE]

DrudgeReport tried to get some mileage out of these photos 4-5 days ago. Who knows why, they were everywhere prior to the election. Thanks HP for putting these in proper prospective.

[ImJustSaying007]

You mean the.......­..........­..........­....... SLUDGE REPORT