Pete Souza | |
|---|---|
_(2).jpg) Souza in 2022 | |
| Chief Official White House Photographer | |
| In office June 1983 – January 20, 1989 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Michael Evans |
| Succeeded by | David Valdez |
| In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Eric Draper |
| Succeeded by | Shealah Craighead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Joseph Souza December 31, 1954 New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Patti Lease (m. 2013) |
| Education | Boston University (BS) Kansas State University (MS) |
| Website | PeteSouza.com |
Peter Joseph Souza[2] (born December 31, 1954)[3][4] is an American photojournalist, the former chief official White House photographer for Presidents of the United States Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and the former director of the White House Photography Office.[5] He was a photographer with The Chicago Tribune, stationed at the Washington, D.C., bureau from 1998 to 2007; during this period, he also followed the rise of then-Senator Obama to the presidency.[6][7]
- ^ Larson, Leslie (October 21, 2013). "Obama photographer Pete Souza gets hitched in White House wedding...so who took the pictures?". NY Daily News. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ "Michael Evans Portrait Project Collection - 1981-1984 (120 mm negatives)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ "Art by Pete Souza". Museumsyndicate.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ "Pete Souza: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ "Open for Questions: Pete Souza on White House Photography". whitehouse.gov. October 26, 2010 – via National Archives.
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