Comments on: Barack Obama Photo on NYTIMES.COM?

Question: Barack Obama Photo on NYTIMES.COM?

sacho — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:29:45 -0800

help me find a photo of barack obama looking like a rock star from nytimes.com this morning!

i saw this photo a few hours ago on the front page of nytimes.com (circa 11a pst?) and now i'm obsessed with finding it again. i feel like i've searched the whole nytimes.com website. i'm not sure what article it went with or who took it or anything .

the photo is an action shot of obama speaking on stage, it's dark but you can make out empty red chairs behind him (like a stadium). he is outlined in light, glowing really, and the photo has caught him mid sentence, there is a spray of sweat around his face. i saw it and thought: this man will be president.

and now of course, they've changed the photo on the front page and i can't find it anywhere. help?

By: jamaro

jamaro — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:38:19 -0800

Is it this one?

By: sacho

sacho — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:39:12 -0800

duly noted, though we desk dwellers have little else to get us through the day save our obsessions. sooo.

By: explosion

explosion — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:39:44 -0800

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/04/us/04obama-337.jpg

Should have previewed.

Also, http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/04/us/04obama-600.jpg

By: sacho

sacho — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:41:01 -0800

thx, jamaro - good one but not THE one. and special-k, thanks for the vid!

By: sacho

sacho — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:41:46 -0800

EXPLOSION! you are the winner. thank you ever so much!!!

By: mumkin

mumkin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:12:48 -0800

Oooh. That is nice.

By: Count Ziggurat

Count Ziggurat — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:22:01 -0800

The photo was taken in East Rutherford, N.J. by Damon Winter.
Here's the associated article.

By: HotPatatta

HotPatatta — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:51:03 -0800

Whatta photo! Love it.
What's with the fairy dust around his head?

Is a high res version of that photo available?

By: Salvatorparadise

Salvatorparadise — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:46:21 -0800

he looks really really really really backlit

By: browse

browse — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:58:44 -0800

Not what you're looking for, but when I saw it this morning, it reminded me of this thread. Here.

By: hobbes

hobbes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:19:51 -0800

Thanks Ziggurat for pointing out the photographer & article.

HotPatatta, I'd try e-mailing Damon Winter, but obviously it won't be cheap. :(

And lastly, I just recently came across a Thomas Dworzak photo of Obama that I thought was pretty "rockstar" (search NYC71978 at the Magnum Photos site if the link doesn't work).

By: Xoder

Xoder — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:38:03 -0800

And to come back around, the folks at LOLPresident made their own addition to that photo.

Is this worthy of a MeTa post? 'Cuz it's hilarious!

By: jrishel

jrishel — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:20:52 -0800

hah, lol president is my site.

is that worthy of a projects post?