White House Releases First Official Obama Family Portrait

Last night, the official White House Flickr feed released the official portrait of the First Family as photographed by the illustrious Annie Leibovitz. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and even their two daughters Sasha and Malia are ubiquitous faces in worldwide media, but this shot marks the first time they have been photographed officially all together. The shoot took place September 1st in the Green Room of the White House.

Vanity Fair has more on Leibovitz, the magazine’s most notable and consistent photographer, and her past work with the Obamas:

Overnight, the White House Flickr feed posted the first official portrait of the First Family. It was taken by none other than Annie Leibovitz, whose professional relationship with the Obamas goes back to 2004, when Barack was running for the U.S. Senate. Leibovitz’s photograph of the whole family at the “Obama for Illinois” campaign headquarters in Chicago was accompanied by a caption that began, “Is this the face of a future president?” At the time, it would have been unthinkable to suggest he might become the next president.

Clearly, an awful lot has changed since then, but the bond between president and photographer has only grown. Click through for a look back at some of Leibovitz’s portraits of President Obama and his family.

See more of Leibovitz’s work with Obama here.

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