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SylviaPlathWasFramed
11/07/08

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Apologies if y'all have seen these already, but they will load in a timely manner and are very slick and wowing. I like all the kinds of pictures of Barack Obama.

[www.boston.com]
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princeofdenmark
11/07/08

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Beautiful. I am still amazed that a little black boy actually grew up to be President in my lifetime. Beautiful. Just. Beautiful.
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Saxon 212
11/07/08

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Look at this Maureen Dowdy and eat shit!
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Sally Tomato
11/07/08

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FUUUUUUCK. It is Friday. I should not STILL be weepy. I am weepy once again. Thanks Gawker, you fucks.
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SlantedAndDisenchanted
11/07/08

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I really hate you right now Flickr.
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Poodle_Heart
11/07/08

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yes we did
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Astroblack
11/07/08

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having trouble accessing them. I imagine the site must be swamped if these are newly posted.
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chancentrate
11/07/08

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cool idea, but these photos sorta look like they were taken on a mobile phone. Not impressed quality-wise! still, sentiment-wise, they hit the spot...
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WideStanceRomancer
11/07/08

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I've been addicted to sob porn since the win, and I am loving every minute of this joy.
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SwatLax
11/07/08

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Who wants to play sleuth and figure out what the 3 magazines are on the coffee table?
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Sarcastro
11/07/08

@SwatLax:

Popular Mechanics

Utne Reader

Black Inches
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Artie Fufkin
11/07/08

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I can't tell, but what channel are the Obamas watching?
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MrMisterJ
11/07/08

@Artie Fufkin: Looks like the MSNBC graphics to me
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SwatLax
11/07/08

@MrMisterJ: The graphic announcing him as the 44th President was on NBC. Shows Channel 5 - NBC in Chicago.
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Motoko Kusanagi
11/07/08

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Despite amazing subject matter, these photos just suck from a technical perspective. Truly inexcusably poor composition, exposure and post-processing. He was clearly using a Canon or Nikon, as the images have that synthetic, smoothed over "quality" that all the "prosumers" love.

Also, way to fail, Flickr. Yay, Web 2.0!
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rubyruby
11/07/08

@Motoko Kusanagi: Whereas I like that they feel more real, more intimate because there weren't lights set up and a flash going off. These are actually relatively candid and there's no way that could've happened with a professional crew. I hear what you're saying, I do. But I think we'll have plenty of glossies to come over the next few years. These, I savor, because they're not just photos of a politician and his crew. They're photos of a family experiencing something really important together.
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twoeightnine
11/07/08

@rubyruby: It's also just a file dump. No post-processing, no cropping, nothing.
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chancentrate
11/07/08

@rubyruby: One doesn't need lights set up to take good pictures. Simply a better photographer with a much higher-spec camera. These barely even look like they were taken with an SLR! A better photographer could've gotten just as candid shots as these, but better quality.
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badasscat
11/07/08

@Motoko Kusanagi: I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not (though I suspect you are).

If not, though, what would you expect him to use other than a camera brand used by probably 95% of all professional photographers?
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twoeightnine
11/07/08

@chancentrate: They were taken with a 5D. There are not too many (photojournalism) DSLRs better. The account is a photo dump. No color correction, no level adjustments, no contrast adjustments, no cropping. David uploaded anywhere from 150-500 photos a day. He probably didn't even bother with the RAW photos and just automatically uploaded the .JPG.
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allyzay
11/07/08

@Motoko Kusanagi: wait -- what camera do you expect a photojournalist to use besides the one that, almost literally, 100% of them use? were you hoping for scans from a holga?
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llamalash★
11/07/08

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Sasha is too cute in the photo of them watching McCain's concession speech. You can almost hear the chant of "bored bored bored bored" in her head.
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BxgrlJeri
11/07/08

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I heart them more and more ... and Michelle's dress looks much better in the stills than it did on video. And we love them. So very much.

anyone who voted for the senile old guy and moose killer over Obama/Biden, well you're welcome. We'll not be giving you the government YOU deserve even though you tortured us with Bush for the past 8 years. Yeah, assholes, you're welcome.
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Schm
11/07/08

@JLynRedux: We did a huge favor for them in the sense that they're finally going to realize having those "others" in power isn't so bad. Everything's going to be fine over the next 4 years, and they're eventually going to have to admit it and move on. They are actually one of the biggest groups benefiting from his election (unknowingly, of course).
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Lysergic Asset
11/07/08

@schmalerie: Even if Obama/Biden turns out to be the political equivalent of Christ/Gandhi, the right wingers will never realize - let alone acknowledge - that having the Dems in power is anything but horrific.
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Schm
11/07/08

@Lysergic Asset: Definitely true about the Democrats... but I think the rednecks will eventually realize that having a non-white in power will be just the same (or, in their POV, just as awful) as any other Dem. In that respect, the work of evolving to think past racism and more like an adult will be done for them. These idiots really have no idea how spoiled they are...
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RandomLunatic
11/07/08

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I've lost track of all the iconic images I've seen since Tuesday. And you know -- the stock market is tanking, I'm worried about bills every day, and yet -- why does it suddenly feel like it's a good time to be alive and living in this country again?
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ljnd2
11/07/08

@user5000: I know exactly what you mean. On Wednesday I felt so light and relieved. And I realized it was the boiling-frog syndrome - for 8 years I have been so angry at...the electorate for placidly allowing a Bush win twice in a row, the administration itself, etc. - and to feel that lifted...I hadn't realized how heavy a burden all that anger was, because it crept on so gradually over 8 years. And to have it replaced by a belief that people can be good, that we can all believe in good things because they are as real and possible as the crap - it's an almost chemical change inside the brain.
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SarahHeartburn
11/07/08

@ljnd2: Seriously. I feel like I just had a large steel spike pulled out of my skull.
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