- and I expect we’ll only see more of it as inauguration day approaches.

It was taken by Pete Souza, a freelance photographer (and former official White House photographer) whose stunning images of Barack during his early years as a senator have now been compiled in a book called The Rise of Barack Obama. You can see the photos – which include pictures taken during Barack’s trips to Kenya and Russia – here in Souza’s online gallery. Wonderful stuff.

(Hat-tip: Darrell Morris.)