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Pete Souza is a master photographer who is the Official Photographer of the White House under the Obama Administration. He has been President Obama's photographer since 2005. Beyond the tangled ribbon are some photos, a recent interview of Pete Souza, and an older National Geographic Special. Once a month kossack
bsegel has
a lovely diary featuring White House photos.
President Barack Obama speaks on the phone with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Feb. 6, 2010
"Another snowstorm blanketed Washington for the second time in a few days. Because it was a Saturday, I hung around the White House thinking that the President might venture out in the snow with his daughters. Here they are playing in the Rose Garden in the midst of the storm." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
March 21, 2010
"Watching the historic House vote on a television in the Roosevelt Room, the President and Vice President applauded after the bill passed. It was an emotional conclusion to an almost year-long battle to pass health care reform." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
June 9, 2011
"The President had attended the fourth grade closing ceremony for his daughter Sasha at her school in Bethesda, Md. As he was departing, he noticed some pre-school children peering out of a window at a child care facility adjacent to Sasha's school so he walked over to say hello to them." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sept. 21, 2011
"The First Lady reacts to something the President whispered to her at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in between events related to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Jan. 30, 2012
"This is one of those rare instances where my presence indirectly became a part of this reaction from those pictured in the photograph. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had just accidentally dropped all of her briefing papers onto the Oval Office rug and she, the President and Vice President all reacted in a way that indicated that surely I wouldn't get a photo of that to embarrass her." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
National Geographic~ The Obama White House Through The Lens 2011
Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4
Aug. 15, 2012
"The President hugs the First Lady after she had introduced him at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. The campaign tweeted a similar photo from the campaign photographer on election night and a lot of people thought it was taken on election day." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Jan. 17, 2013
"The President sings 'Happy Birthday' to the First Lady after greeting inaugural brunch guests in the Blue Room of the White House. Of course, the First Lady's new hairstyle attracted a lot of attention."(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Feb. 14, 2013
"The President genuinely enjoys being with kids. Here, he played a magnifying glass game with children during a visit to a pre-kindergarten classroom at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Georgia." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
May 24, 2014
"This photograph was from the annual White House Science Fair. It shows the President posing with Girl Scout Troop 2612 from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I think the eight-year-old girls–Avery Dodson, Natalie Hurley, Miriam Schaffer, Claire Winton and Lucy Claire Sharp–are called 'Brownies'. They had just shown the President their exhibit: a Lego flood proof bridge project. The fair celebrated the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sept. 14, 2014
"The President, First Lady, and daughter Malia view a portrait of Abraham Lincoln while visiting the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, with members of the national security team, participate in a secure video teleconference from the Situation Room of the White House with Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and the U.S. negotiating team in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the P5+1 negotiations with Iran, March 31, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Pete Souza - Photographing the President of the United States - Photo Brigade Podcast #65
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