Pete Souza
Photo Credit: Chris Serrudo
Pete Souza has
extensively documented Senator Barack Obama's rise to
political stardom with exclusive photographs beginning with
Obama's first day in the U.S. Senate. He has accompanied the
Senator to seven countries including Kenya, South Africa,
and Russia. Souza had unprecedented access to photograph
private and political moments as senator and presidential
candidate Obama went about his duties. His photographs of
Obama have won national photojournalism awards for the past
three years. Souza is a freelance photographer and
assistant professor of photojournalism at Ohio University.
He has worked as an official White House photographer for
President Ronald Reagan and was also the official
photographer for the President's June 2004 funeral. He is
the author of two celebrated photographic books of President
Reagan's term in office, Unguarded Moments:
Behind-the-Scenes Photographs of President Reagan (1992) and
Images of Greatness: An Intimate Look at the Presidency of
Ronald Reagan by Triumph Books (2004.) Souza's
photographs have also appeared as photo spreads or covers in
renowned magazines as National Geographic, Life, Fortune,
Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. His photographs
have also been part of group exhibits at the National
Archives, Smithsonian Museum of American History, and
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
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Series
Books:The Rise of Barack Obama, July 2008
Hardcover
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