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Pete Souza on photographing President Obama
Pete Souza has taken nearly two million photos of former President Barack Obama -- from when Obama was in the Situation Room the night Bin Laden was killed, to meetings with world leaders, to tender moments with Michelle, Sasha and Malia. Souza’s book documenting Obama’s historic presidency includes more than 300 images. He talks about the highlights, and whether he took to Instagram to troll President Trump.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPete Souza has taken nearly two million photos of former President Barack Obama -- from when Obama was in the Situation Room the night Bin Laden was killed, to meetings with world leaders, to tender moments with Michelle, Sasha and Malia. Souza’s book documenting Obama’s historic presidency includes more than 300 images. He talks about the highlights, and whether he took to Instagram to troll President Trump.
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1 of 4Press Play's favorite visual artists of the year- 0:00Pete Souza on photographing President ObamaYou’re reading this
- 17:31Ken Gonzales-Day on challenging ideas about who and what murals are for
- 25:53Edgar Arceneaux on history, race and identity
- 39:00Lari Pittman on finding beauty in the grotesque