US artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada poses next to a projected image of an aerial view of the face of US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), during a news conference in a hotel in Barcelona November 3, 2008. Rodriguez-Gerada, who was born in Cuba, sculpted the portrait which covered an area of nearly 1 hectare (2.5 acre) along the Barcelona beachfront, from gravel and sand.  [Agencies]