Photographers usually do everything they can to avoid taking pictures in harsh sunlight. This unconventional portrait of Barak Obama works for me because it seems to say something about the harsh spotlight political candidates are under. Does a good portrait have to be "flattering?"

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Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listens to his introduction at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington May 24, 2007.