A policeman walks past Shepard Fairey’s portrait of US President-elect Barack Obama after it was installed at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington on January 17, 2009. The portrait that came to symbolize Obama’s historic campaign made its permanent home at the National Portrait Gallery. Obama warned of ‘difficult days’ ahead before heralding his new era of change, by rolling back the years on a pre-inaugural slow train to Washington. By Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty.
