Tonight at @thewharfdc, Lawrence Jackson, a White House photographer during Obama’s two terms, shares photos and be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Pendants and Pentagrams (@PoliticsProse) October 22, 2019****
The result is an intimate look at President Obama’s two terms, what it felt like to be a black man photographing the first black president of the United States and the ways, Jackson says, that the former president and first lady maintained their authenticity both on and off camera. “Lawrence has a talent for capturing the big scene, the iconic images that will help explain our times for future generations,” the president writes. “But he also has a unique gift for capturing those quieter moments—the margins of a big event, the pauses in a busy day, some stolen times with Michelle and our girls.”
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