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The world-renowned photographer took a photograph of Malia, Sasha, Michelle and Barack Obama in the Green Room of the White House. From Newsweek: Suggested Reading Is The Color Purple’ a Black Film? Let’s Debate! White Professor Accuses HBCU President of Discrimination, but Then This Happened Why Rob Reiner’s Death Devastates Black America Video will return…

The world-renowned photographer took a photograph of Malia, Sasha, Michelle and Barack Obama in the Green Room of the White House. From Newsweek:

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The famed photographer, in the headlines lately for drama over her personal finances, shot the official Obama family portrait, which was posted on the White House’s Flickr account this morning. Leibovitz has been trailing Obama for months. In January, she shot a major portfolio for Vanity Fair of Obama and his staff. She’s been spotted sporadically at the White House ever since, including earlier this month when she was accidentally body checked by another press pool photographer while shooting Obama at a Democratic fund-raising event. (Yes, covering the White House can be a lot like hockey.) No word on how much the portrait cost, though Leibovitz’s rates reportedly exceed $100,000 a day. We’re guessing the White House got a decent discount.

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