Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current chief White House photographer for President Barack Obama. Pete Souza is of Portuguese descent. His family name was originally Sousa, but was changed a few generations past to Souza for the purpose of becoming a more American assimilated name.

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  • Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current chief White House photographer for President Barack Obama. Pete Souza is of Portuguese descent. His family name was originally Sousa, but was changed a few generations past to Souza for the purpose of becoming a more American assimilated name. He was born in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in public communication from Boston University and a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from Kansas State University. He served as an official White House photographer for President Ronald Reagan from June 1983 until Reagan left the White House in 1989. Based in Washington D.C. , he worked for ten years as a photographer for the Chicago Tribune. In June 2004, he was the official photographer during the funeral services of Ronald Reagan. Souza covered Obama’s arrival to the Senate in 2005 and met him for the first time on Obama's first day in the Senate when he was sworn in as a Democrat from Illinois in January 2005. He documented Obama's first year in the Senate, following him in many foreign trips including Kenya, South Africa, and Russia. In July 2008, Souza published a bestseller photos book "The Rise of Barack Obama," in which this year photographs were compiled. Souza has also worked as a freelancer for National Geographic and Life magazines. After 9/11, he was among the first journalists to cover the war in Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul. He was an assistant professor of photojournalism at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication until he was asked on January 4, 2009 to become the Obama photographer.
  • Pete Souza, Né en 1954 à South Dartmouth (Massachusetts), est un photo-journaliste américain et l'actuel photographe en chef de la Maison Blanche depuis l'investiture de Barack Obama.
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  • Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current chief White House photographer for President Barack Obama. Pete Souza is of Portuguese descent. His family name was originally Sousa, but was changed a few generations past to Souza for the purpose of becoming a more American assimilated name.
  • Pete Souza, Né en 1954 à South Dartmouth (Massachusetts), est un photo-journaliste américain et l'actuel photographe en chef de la Maison Blanche depuis l'investiture de Barack Obama.
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