The Freshman by Lisa Jack

© Lisa Jack

© Lisa Jack

© Lisa Jack

Die Fotografin Lisa Jack porträtierte während ihres Studiums in den 80er Jahren einige ihrer Kommilitonen am Occidental College. Eine gute Freundin legte ihr einen “heißen Typen” ans Herz, den sie einmal fotografieren könnte. Dieser Typ, “Barry” genannt, junge 18 Jahre und Student, stimmte zu für Lisa zu modeln. “Barry” brachte einen Strohhut und eine Packung Zigaretten zum Shooting, “für den Effekt”, wie er sagte. So entstand in einer kleiner Studentenbude in Los Angeles eine atmosphärische Fotoserie mit dem wohl stilsichersten und charismatischsten Präsidenten, den die USA je gesehen hat.

“And now that “Barry” is the President, I offer them up so that others may see a side to him I have yet to observe captured in the current maelstrom of contemporary media. I believe the following images reflect his spirit of fun and thoughtfulness that I hope he hasn’t lost on his road to the White House. For the record, there wasn’t a nicer, more sincere guy in college. (…)

After that afternoon of the photo shoot, we ran into each other on campus occasionally, but we didn’t interact all that often. The next summer, while I was at a club in Hawaii, I spotted Barry sitting at a table near mine. There were two gorgeous women sitting in his lap and he had his arms around both. He was smiling and flirting and when he looked up and saw me, he enthusiastically said, “Hey, I know you” . We had a drink and a cigarette, and then we both went back to being busy with “other things”; but it was fun to see him and I appreciated being acknowledged by such a cool handsome guy. That was the last time I was to see Barry for over 25 years.” – Lisa Jack

Und wer in der nächsten Zeit zufällig in LA ist, kann sich die komplette Ausstellung noch bis zum 18. Juli in der M+B Gallery anschauen.

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