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Wizard Obama is an image series that uses a picture of President Barak Obama to imply that the president has magical powers. This is because the picture used features a stage light behind the president that gives the look of him holding a crystal ball or creating an orb of energy.
Origin
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On August 13, 2012, President Obama stopped in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to talk to voters about his campaign. As he was speaking, photographer Carolyn Kaster of the Associated Press took a picture of him with his hands in front of him. Her angle combined with the president’s gesture created an image that looked as if the stage light behind the president, shining directly at the camera, were instead a bright orb in the president’s hands.
Edits began to appear, making references to franchises like Harry Potter, Street Fighter, and Lord of the Rings.