The photographer Platon is famous for getting big personalities to open up in front of his camera. ... His portraits of Putin, Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi have been on the cover of TIME magazine.

Barack and Michelle Obama re-emerged on the public stage Monday in Washington, only this time for an event that has nothing to do with politics. The former first couple’s official portraits were ...

WESTVILLE — From Vladimir Putin to President Donald Trump to Muammar al-Qaddafi, internationally renowned photographer Platon has photographed many of the world’s most powerful people.

Platon's Portraits Of Power : The Picture Show Platon, a staff photographer for The New Yorker, spent five days photographing world leaders in a makeshift studio at a meeting of the United Nations.

The Obama’s 'Portraits of Leadership' reject standard presidential portrait norms, which viewers can now see on display at the MFA Boston.

Obama was the last president to host that White House tradition in May 2012 when former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush joined him in the East Room to unveil their portraits.

See photographer Platon’s intimate celebrity portraits and behind-the-scenes stories from sessions with Adele, Serena Williams, 50 Cent and others.

Platon took to the podium in ... uproarious stories about how he managed to get some of his more famous subjects to look as amazing as they do in his portraits. To wit: Michelle Obama ...

Robert McCurdy's portrait of Barack Obama. White House Historical Association/White House Collection Key Background. The last time a set of portraits were unveiled at the White House was in 2012 ...

In February 2018, when Barack and Michelle Obama came to Washington to unveil their official portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, the crowd gathered felt like a government in exile.The ...

Artist Amy Sherald (R) and former first lady Michelle Obama participate in the unveiling of Mrs. Obama's portrait at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2018.

Unique portraits of Obamas unveiled 02:04. BOSTON - Portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will go on display to the general public in Boston this weekend.