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Photographer Pete Souza on Capturing Obama’s Presidency
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:52:25
Publish Date: 2018-05-11 12:00:00
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As the Chief Official White House Photographer for the Obama Administration, Pete Souza was responsible for chronicling President Obama’s eight-year term, day in and day out. His new book, “Obama: An Intimate Portrait” features some of the most affecting images of the nearly two million that he captured over the course of his tenure. Souza joins Forum to discuss what it was like shadowing President Obama, how it differed from his time with President Ronald Reagan and how Souza uses Instagram to comment on the current political climate.
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Pete Souza, author, “Obama: An Intimate Portrait”; former Chief Official White House Photographer

President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured.
President Barack Obama and Jon Favreau, head speechwriter, edit a speech on health care in the Oval Office, Sept. 9, 2009, in preparation for the president's address to a joint session of Congress.
The President reacts as John Brennan briefs him on the details of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The President later said during a TV interview that this was the worst day of his Presidency.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share a private moment in a freight elevator at an Inaugural Ball. Washington, D.C.
"I focused on the detail of the Resolute Desk as the President was talking with two aides in the Oval Office," said White House Photographer Pete Souza.

First Lady Michelle Obama with daughters Malia and Sasha sled in the snow on the South Lawn of the White House.
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