Tuesday 17 January 2017

Obama's White House, by official photographer Pete Souza - in pictures

The president and first lady watch the fireworks over the Mall from the roof of the White House
Pete Souza, formerly the official photographer for Ronald Reagan, was the official White House photographer for President Barack Obama. As the US awaits the inauguration of Donald Trump, Souza looks back at some of his favourite images from the last eight years.
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Bo the dog runs down the East Colonnade
Bo the dog makes his first visit to the White House, running down the East Colonnade with President Barack Obama. Bo became the family’s pet the following month.
The president hugs First Lady Michelle Obama in the Red Room
Barack Obama hugs his wife Michelle in the Red
 Room while senior advisor Valerie Jarrett looks on
The first lady waits as the president signs the guestbook at Prague Castle
The first lady waits as the president signs the
guestbook at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic
The Obamas greet the family of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr outside the Oval Office
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Students hold out their hands to greet the President
Students hold out their hands to greet Obama during his
visit to Dr Martin Luther King Jr charter school in New Orleans, Louisiana
Obama with daughters, Malia and Sasha
Obama has a photo with a member of the public
2010‘Sometimes the unexpected happens. At a cafe
in Missouri, I was trying to capture patrons snapping
 photos of each other with the President when
 this guy did what wise-guys do.’
The president pretends to be caught in Spider-Man’s web as 3-year-old Nicholas Tamarin catches him outside the Oval Office
The president pretends to be caught in SpiderMan’s web when
Nicholas Tamarin, 3, catches him outside the Oval Office.
 Nicholas had been trick-or-treating with his father, White House aide
Nate Tamarin in the Eisenhower executive office building.‘I can never
commit to calling any picture my favourite, but the president told me
 that this was his favourite picture of the year when he saw it hanging
 in the West Wing a couple of weeks later.’
Obama sits with daughter Sasha during celebrations for his 49th birthdayBo for Michelle Obama on the south lawn before they both head to the Maryland Fisher House IV
20 March, 2011  the president fist-bumps a young boy in Rio de Janeiro
 As President was walking the Cidade de Deus 
favela community centre in Rio de Janeiro,
a young boy reached out of a closed door and the president
reached over to give him a fist bump.’ 
The Obamas talk with former presidents and first ladies
The Obamas talk with former presidents and first ladies before
 a lunch at the George W Bush Presidential Library  Southern Methodist
 University in Dallas, Texas. Pictured, from left, are: Barbara and George Bush,
 Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton talks to Michelle Obama
 and President Obama chats with Bill Clinton and George W Bush
The Situation Room
The Situation Room.‘the president and vice
president and the national security team monitoring
the mission against Osama bin Laden. 
The Obama family stand in the cell where Nelson Mandela was prisoner
The Obamas stand in the cell where Nelson Mandela was held as they
 listen to former prisoner Ahmed Kathrada during their tour of Robben Island
prison in Cape Town, South Africa
The president helps the first lady off the stage during a state dinner for French president François Hollande
The president helps the first lady off the stage during
 a state dinner for French president François Hollande on
the south lawn of the White House
The president jokes around backstage with TV presenter Jay Leno
The president jokes around backstage with TV presenter Jay Leno
before recording The Tonight Show in Burbank, California
Obama chats with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the Laurel Cabin patio
Obama chats with the Russian prime minister
Dmitry Medvedev on the Laurel Cabin patio during
 the G8 summit at Camp David, Maryland
The president holds six-month-old Talia Neufeld
The president holds six-month-old Talia Neufeld, daughter
of departing staff member Adam Neufeld, in the Oval Office
Obama talks to World War II verteran Kenneth (Rock) Merritt
This isn’t so much a great photograph as it was just an honour to be in
 the presence of World War II veteran Kenneth (Rock) Merritt as he regaled
 stories of D-Day to Obama aboard Marine One on the 70th French-American
commemoration D-Day ceremony. The president invited ‘Rock’ to fly on
the helicopter after leaving the Normandy American cemetery and memorial
 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.’
Obama at Stonehenge
The president gestures to Nancy Pelosi  in the White HouseObama hugs his daughter Malia in the Whitney Museum
The president greets a bride at the Torrey Pines golf course
‘The president was playing golf at Torrey Pines golf course in San Diego. As he was
finishing his round, he began to shake hands with guests waiting for a wedding ceremony
about to begin. The bride and groom were waiting inside but when they looked out
 the window and saw the president, they decided to make their way outside.
I made a grab shot as the bride, Stephanie, and her soon-to-be husband, Brian Tobe,
came running to greet the president.’ The couple wrote to Souza to say that
they were extremely grateful to have the president crash their wedding
The president and national security advisor Susan E Rice receive updates on the Brussels terror attack
The president and national security advisor Susan E Rice talk on the phone with
homeland security advisor Lisa Monaco to receive an update on a terrorist attack
in Brussels, Belgium. The president made the call from the residence of the
US chief of mission in Havana, Cuba
The president has a selfie with 11-year-old Jacob Haynes and 4-year-old James HaynesMichelle Obama dances with 106-year-old Virginia McLaurin
Barack Obama talks with members of the royal family at Kensington PalaceMichelle Obama on the phone to children as part of the annual Norad Tracks Santa programme
Obama hugs Mari Copeny, 8, backstage at Northwestern high school in Flint, Michigan
Obama hugs Mari Copeny, 8, backstage at Northwestern high school
in Flint, Michigan. Mari wrote a letter to the president about the Flint water crisis

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