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kpete

(71,961 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:13 AM Sep 2015

Better than Rockwell!

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“President Barack Obama meets 4-year-old Malik Hall during departure photos with Malik's uncle, Maurice Owens, center, in the Oval Office, Sept 4, 2015.”

“Also pictured, from right, Owens's sister Ayesha Hall, his mother Chauvet Wells and his brother Derrick Harpe. Kayah Hall, Owens's 2-year-old niece, is hidden behind Ms. Wells.”

An Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.


http://boingboing.net/2015/09/14/surely-this-is-the-most-norman.html
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Better than Rockwell! (Original Post) kpete Sep 2015 OP
You sure got the headline right. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #1
That is great. Gives me chills. morningfog Sep 2015 #2
I'd like to know what the boy is thinking left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #3
That's great! Somewhere there's a picture of me meeting Truman @4yo with that gap-mouthed expression erronis Sep 2015 #13
Barack does this sort of thing incredibly well. leveymg Sep 2015 #4
Great pic. Hope it becomes a classic Cyrano Sep 2015 #5
I pray we have a good hearted, capable replacement.... daleanime Sep 2015 #8
Uh oh, now I don't know which one I like better! demmiblue Sep 2015 #6
Very cool jalan48 Sep 2015 #7
Outstanding! 40RatRod Sep 2015 #9
precious in every way :D roguevalley Sep 2015 #10
Mr Souza always captures the moment, sarge43 Sep 2015 #11
k&r Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #12

PatrickforO

(14,558 posts)
1. You sure got the headline right.
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 10:19 AM
Sep 2015

This photo is truly outstanding. Just like Rockwell. Look at that kid!

erronis

(15,181 posts)
13. That's great! Somewhere there's a picture of me meeting Truman @4yo with that gap-mouthed expression
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 01:00 PM
Sep 2015

And I doubt I was thinking about what a great president he was or anything very cerebral.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
4. Barack does this sort of thing incredibly well.
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 11:26 AM
Sep 2015

The country sure is going to miss him come January, 2017.

demmiblue

(36,823 posts)
6. Uh oh, now I don't know which one I like better!
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 11:45 AM
Sep 2015


In the photo that has hung in the West Wing for three years, President Obama looks to be bowing to 5-year-old Jacob Philadelphia, his arm raised to touch the president’s hair — to see if it feels like his. Credit Pete Souza/The White House

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