Let us remember how very bad presidential portraits were until the Obamas

The Obamas presidential portraits just came out, and they are amazing.

I want a print of each one for my home. Everyone wants a print of each one for their home. Barack Obama’s portrait should be every album cover from now on.

The Obamas portraits are made even better by the fact that until them, presidential portraits were either the most boring or the strangest creations of all time, and nothing in between. If I weren’t from America and looked at these presidential portraits without knowing anything else, I would think it was a list of potential actors to be cast as the lead of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Read more…

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